Pentagon Pulls Promotion Of Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows After Federalist Inquiry

[rebelmouse-proxy-image https://thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-10-at-6.00.35 PM-e1752184936354-1200x675.png crop_info="%7B%22image%22%3A%20%22https%3A//thefederalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-10-at-6.00.35%5Cu202fPM-e1752184936354-1200x675.png%22%7D" expand=1]The Defense Department is pulling the recommendation for Rear Admiral Michael Donnelly’s promotion, one week after the DoD refused to answer The Federalist’s inquiries, as the Daily Wire first reported. “Secretary Hegseth has chosen to withdraw Admiral Donnelly’s nomination to lead [the] 7th fleet. The Secretary is thankful for his continued service and wishes him luck […]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett ALMOST gets something right



Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas has declared a “mental health crisis” in America because of Donald Trump — but what she doesn’t appear to understand is that while there is a mental health crisis, it has very little to do with the president.

“I would say that the fact that Jasmine Crockett got elected shows she’s correct,” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere tells Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck on “The Glenn Beck Program.”

But Crockett’s own election isn’t the only major indicator of a mental health crisis in this country. A much bigger one is what just occurred at the Oregon State Capitol, where two men dressed as women performed a drag show in front of state representatives.

“They’re all kind of just sitting out there, awkwardly trying to decipher what the appropriate reaction is to this,” Burguiere says. “By the way, the answer is to walk out.”


“Oregon, what are your elected officials doing? I mean, if you want to go to a drag show, that’s fine, but why in the middle of the workday in the House of Representatives?” Glenn agrees.

However, does a recent drop in corporate advertising for Pride signal an end to the mental health crisis plaguing the country?

A recent opinion piece in the New York Times details the significant loss of funds Pride parades are facing after large corporations have stopped supporting them.

“Consider BarkBox, a purveyor of pet toys and treats, whose leaked internal message in early June laid bare the new corporate zeitgeist: ‘We’ve made the decision to pause all paid ads and life cycle marketing pushes for the Pride kit effective immediately. We need to acknowledge that the current climate makes this promotion feel more like a political statement than a universally joyful moment for all dog people,’” reads the article, titled “We've Reached Rainbow Capitalism's End.”

“Now, I don’t know if ‘dog people’ means the people who own dogs or people who identify as dogs. I could honestly go either way on that one,” Stu comments. “These are just capitalist decisions. They’re not decisions saying, ‘Hey, we agree that, you know, mutilating your child is a bad idea.’”

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Revolting discoveries from ‘all-ages’ Texas Pride festivals parents NEED to see



June is the wonderful time of year when we get to witness deranged adults drag their children to “family-friendly” Pride events to watch heavily made-up men in lingerie dance provocatively — all in the name of inclusion.

As part of the Texas Family Project, Sara Gonzales spends the month infiltrating these LGBTQ+ festivals to expose the sexual depravity that is anything but family-friendly. On this episode of “Come and Take It,” Sara reveals the darkness she recently uncovered at two "all-ages" Texas Pride festivals.

  

Dallas Pride Music Festival

The first event Sara attended was hosted at Fair Park in Dallas.

“So I get there, and I go through the gate, and I go through the metal detector, and I immediately walk into a room, and I am greeted by a booth with naked man paintings,” she says, playing video footage she took from the event that captures an art exhibit selling male nude artwork.

“There was a child that was, like, literally right there. ... That's not crazy sexual indoctrination at all,” she says sarcastically.

Around the corner, Sara encountered a “sexual health clinic” offering “free condoms and HIV testing and ‘PrEP’” — a medication regimen used to prevent HIV infection in individuals who are at high risk but are not infected.

“Really weird stuff to be putting out, displaying in front of kids,” says Sara, noting that there were numerous HIV-related booths present.

The most disgusting vendors, however, were the ones selling apparel. One T-shirt booth was selling shirts with sayings such as “Eat p***y it’s healthy,” “My ex hates my guts because he couldn’t reach them,” “I like boys that lick boys,” “Girls eat it better,” and “Overworked and underf**ked” — “all in view of children” who ranged from babies to high schoolers.

Another booth sold LGBTQ-themed books, including some children’s books, as well as stickers with sayings such as “F**k Trump,” “Be gay, do crime,” “Bad witch vibes,” “Live fast, eat ass,” “Poor and horny,” and “A trans person peed here.” Perhaps worst of all was a sticker that said “Daddy” over an image of Luigi Mangione, the alleged murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

To be expected, drag shows were also part of the festival. Sara plays a video compilation she took of various biological men — all of whom were scantily clad in women’s clothing — performing promiscuous routines in front of crowds that included children.

The entire event, from activities to merchandise, Sara says, was centered around “sex and degeneracy and perversion,” despite the family-friendly marketing.

Arlington Pride Festival

The second festival Sara attended was in Arlington, a suburb of Dallas. While it was “toned down” compared to last year’s event, which Sara describes as “absolutely crazy, reprehensible, [and] disgusting,” it nonetheless crossed several lines.

Thankfully, the wide range of “sex toys” from Arlington’s 2024 Pride festival had been axed, but there was still plenty of graphic dancing by drag queens, one of which was wearing a thong, as well as profane sayings on merchandise, sexual health clinics, and performances that included phrases like “show me your titties.”

Sara plays video footage of numerous children walking around the event decked out in rainbow Pride gear alongside their parents.

“This should not happen in the state of Texas,” she says.

To hear more about Sara’s discoveries, watch the episode above.

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The courts side with drag queens over parents ... again



To this day, courts insist you have no right to bodily autonomy when it comes to coerced vaccination and forced masking. They cite the “police powers” of the state as justification. But when the state uses those same powers to regulate public nudity or sexually explicit drag shows in front of children, suddenly the judiciary rediscovers the First Amendment.

In 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed SB 1438, a commonsense law that barred businesses from knowingly admitting children to “adult live performances.” The law defined such performances as any show that “depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or specific sexual activities ... [such as] lewd conduct, or the lewd exposure of prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts.” Sounds reasonable.

Republicans made a strategic blunder by conceding to the myth that judges serve as final arbiters of public policy.

Yet last week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2 to 1 that the law violated the First and 14th Amendments.

Even before getting to the legal merits, the scope of the ruling itself highlights the absurdity of universal injunctions against laws passed through the democratic process. The plaintiff, Hamburger Mary’s — a restaurant that occasionally hosted drag shows — wasn’t under investigation or facing prosecution. Still, the court granted standing to pre-emptively strike down the entire law.

Everyone agrees the state has the authority to regulate such matters. The court’s objection? Some of the law’s terms might be too vague and could potentially affect protected speech.

Even if the court’s argument on vagueness held water, it still lacked the authority to block the entire statute. Courts may grant relief only in specific cases where enforcement clearly exceeds constitutional limits. Judges do not have the power to veto legislation — especially when most of it falls well within a state’s lawful regulatory authority.

On the merits, the claim that terms like “lewd conduct” are unconstitutionally vague is nonsense. Legislators have used this language for centuries, and it has held up in court. The 11th Circuit should have overturned the district court’s injunction. But in 2023, only Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch voted to stay it.

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Let’s be honest: Americans used to enjoy far more freedom and a more faithful interpretation of the First Amendment — yet still lived under far stricter laws governing public indecency. Many of those laws remain on the books. The federal government itself once enforced the Comstock Act of 1873, which banned the mailing of “obscene,” “lewd,” or “lascivious” materials — including sex education. That law could be called vague, too, but the courts upheld it for decades.

As for the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, the idea that protecting children from lewd public displays somehow undermines civil rights would have stunned the amendment’s authors. James F. Wilson, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and architect of both the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment, made the intent clear. “We are establishing no new right, declaring no new principle,” he said. “It is not the object of this bill to establish new rights, but to protect and enforce those which already belong to every citizen.”

Someone should have warned Wilson that his push to secure property rights for freed slaves would one day be twisted into a supposed constitutional right to expose minors to nudity.

Beyond the absurdity of the 11th Circuit’s ruling, the larger issue lies in the unchecked power courts now claim over legislation. The Florida case highlights a troubling truth: The Supreme Court lacks a reliable five-vote majority willing to overturn lower court decisions that undermine state authority. Just last week, all three Trump-appointed justices joined a ruling that reversed a sound Fifth Circuit decision limiting the removal of criminal aliens under the Alien Enemies Act.

We must now confront the deeper problem: Courts no longer merely interpret law — they nullify it. Florida’s experience shows that even with supermajority Republican control, conservative laws will not survive unless we challenge the false doctrine of judicial supremacy. The courts have become a roadblock, not a referee.

Republicans made a strategic blunder by conceding to the myth that judges serve as final arbiters of public policy. They promised their base that stacking the courts would be enough. It wasn’t. Instead of reforming the system, they legitimized it — and now they pay the price.

That price includes a legal regime where exposing children to sexually explicit performances passes as a constitutional right.

Unless lawmakers begin pushing back against the judiciary’s overreach, even the most modest conservative reforms will continue to fall — along with every last parental right and public standard along the way.

MLB legend Keith Hernandez refuses not to use the term 'drag bunt': 'I know you're not supposed to say it'



Two-time World Series winner Keith Hernandez raised eyebrows by alleging it is politically incorrect to use the term "drag bunt" during a broadcast.

The New York Mets broadcaster and former player was commenting on a game between the Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, the second game of a doubleheader, which the Cardinals won 5-4.

Following a bunt play by Cardinals outfielder Victor Scott II, Hernandez surprised fans by saying the term "drag bunt" is not supposed to be used.

"And this is a perfect bunt. This is shades of Bud Harrelson, who was a terrific," Hernandez said on the broadcast. "I know you're not supposed to say it, but it's — they call it a different term. But in our day, it was a 'drag bunt.' And nothing you can do. You did everything right. It was a perfect."

According to the Baseball Almanac, a "drag bunt" got its name from the appearance that the batter is "dragging" the ball as he sprints to first base. In this scenario, the batter is bunting for a base hit as opposed to a sacrifice bunt, and it is typically performed by left-handed hitters.

  Keith Hernandez with Jerry Seinfeld at Shea Stadium on May 22, 2005. Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images

Hernandez's comments confused fans, most of whom could not imagine any viewer had taken offense to his remarks.

"Who is watching a baseball game today and thinks 'drag bunt' is offensive? I seriously don't understand. This wouldn't even be a story if he didn't reference some fake cancel culture," one viewer wrote.

Another viewer replied, "It's never anyone actually watching, it's keyboard warriors the next day."

Who is watching a baseball game today and thinks “drag bunt” is offensive? I seriously don’t understand. This wouldn’t even be a story if he didn’t reference some fake cancel culture.
— Ross Read (@RossRead) May 4, 2025
 

It is unclear whether or not Major League Baseball has issued a directive to announcers to stop using the term, but Hernandez has not since made public remarks regarding the usage.

There did not appear to be any mention of a changing of the term on the MLB website or affiliates, and there has not been any semblance of outrage online connecting the baseball term to drag performers, who are typically homosexual men performing as caricatures of women.

Hernandez has broadcasted for the Mets since 1999 and has worked for both the MSG network and subsequently SNY since 2006.

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‘Evil, demonic behavior’: Drag queen and trans worship at the Cathedral of Hope church



The Cathedral of Hope church in Dallas celebrated the "Art of Drag" during a service followed by a drag brunch — and in a show of bravery, BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales sacrificed her own sanity to attend and report on the event.

The celebration was supposed to be an “act of defiance and in response to the numerous bills introduced in the Texas legislature attacking drag performers and transgender people.”

“During the services, we will take a few moments to bless and affirm those who use drag as an art form and affirm our transgender siblings made in the image of God,” read a promotional message on the Cathedral of Hope’s website.

“I did go, and I wish that I hadn’t,” Gonzales tells BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere on “Stu Does America,” before showing him the footage she captured during the event.


In one scene, drag performers — and an adult on his hands and knees in a furry costume — lined up at the front of the church to applause from those in the pews.

“That’s not an actual dog,” Stu says, but “a human being who’s crawling on all fours in front of a church. This is really what’s happening.”

“That actually happened at a church this weekend. Again, it was all drag performers. People dressed as women that were men, I guess vice versa as well, and at least one person who is being led on a leash,” he continues.

“I laugh so I don’t cry,” Gonzales chimes in. “I’m the one who has to go document these events. It really is startling to be there in what they call a house of God.”

“They’ve got all these big, beautiful crosses everywhere, and to watch this evil, demonic behavior taking place with crosses all around, symbols of God all around, is the most unsettling thing,” she continues. “I mean, it’s bad when it's with kids, right? But this one being in a house of God, they say, you just feel it in your gut.”

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Realtor accused of 'hate speech' for posting Bible verse in 2015, could lose his license and 40-year real estate career



A Virginia realtor has been accused of "hate speech" for posting a Bible verse on Facebook in 2015. The realtor — who is also a pastor — faces the possibility of being hit with fines or could lose his license, which would jeopardize his long-time real estate career.

Wilson Fauber is a 70-year-old realtor who has "faithfully served his community as a real estate agent and broker for over 40 years," according to the Founding Freedoms Law Center. Fauber is a member of the National Association of Realtors and has held this membership throughout his career.

'But what's incredible here is the post that Wilson made was in 2015, five years before that rule even existed.'

However, Fauber's real estate career could be in peril over sharing a Bible verse on Facebook in 2015.

Last year, two Staunton realtors — including an openly gay man — filed a complaint against Fauber with the Virginia Association of Realtors, according to CBN. The complaint accused Fauber of "hate speech."

The alleged "hate speech" was a social media post that Fauber shared on his personal Facebook account in 2015. Fauber reportedly reposted a scripture from Rev. Franklin Graham that stated homosexual sex is a sin, based on Leviticus 18:22.

Fauber stated, “If I were to read a scripture such as Leviticus 18:22 and just close the Bible and not make any comment at all, if someone — and I’m a realtor and a minister — and if someone is offended by that, even if they’re not in the service but someone tells them that I read that passage of scripture, then any person, you don’t have to be a realtor, any person can file a complaint against that minister-realtor and be in the same shoes that I’m in right now. And that should not be; that’s an invasion of my privacy."

The complaint argued Fauber's post violated the National Association of Realtors’ Standard of Practice 10-5.

"Realtors must not use harassing speech, hate speech, epithets, or slurs based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity," the code of ethics and standards of practice states.

However, the hate speech policy did not go into effect until Nov. 13, 2020.

Fauber's attorney — Michael Sylvester of the Founding Freedoms Law Center — told CBN, "So it all changed in 2020 when the National Association of Realtors adopted a rule that prohibits anybody from speaking what they deem 'hate speech' against certain protected classes such as sexual orientation or gender identity. But what's incredible here is the post that Wilson made was in 2015, five years before that rule even existed. He simply was presenting his religious views about marriage that should not qualify for a hate speech charge."

Fauber added, "Christians don't have rights, and this is just totally wrong. And the National Association of Realtors being the largest trade organization in America, they have set a precedent by adopting this policy. If I'm guilty because I post my religious beliefs in a meme or a scripture on my Facebook or social media accounts, and if that's guilty of 'hate speech' ... there are millions and millions of Christians that agree with my position, and we don't have a voice."

On Dec. 11, the Virginia Association of Realtors ruled that Fauber violated the ethics code that prohibits realtors from "certain religious expressions."

Fauber is expected to appeal the ruling.

If the guilty ruling stands, Fauber could face fines between $5,000 and $15,000.

Even worse, Fauber could possibly have his realtor license revoked, which could end his real estate career.

A real estate agent must be a member of the National Association of Realtors to access the Multiple Listing Service, a critical tool for realtors.

Sylvester described the Multiple Listing Service as "the database that real estate agents go to find out all kinds of information about houses that are up for sale and to list houses for sale." He added that having the MLS access revoked "would be career-ending for so many real estate agents."

Fauber noted, "If you do not have access to the Multiple Listing Service, you’re out of business."

When asked why he believes these allegations are arriving years later, Fauber told CBN, "Because the National Association of Realtors is woke. The leadership of the National Association of Realtors has made it very clear about their involvement in endorsing and approving of the LGBTQ community, and just recently, just a few weeks ago actually, in Charlottesville, Virginia, the National Association of Realtors provided funding for a drag queen show."

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors held an "Inclusivity & Celebration: Fair Housing Symposium with Drag Show & Fireside Chat" on Nov. 15.

The description of the LGBTQ event states:

This event will spotlight housing discrimination, particularly affecting individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Queer/Questing (LGBTQ+). Attendees will gain insights into the Fair Housing Act, hear from a local LGBTQ+ activist, participate in educational segments on the LGBTQ+ community (i.e., pronouns, creating a safe environment, understanding the Stop Hate in Real Estate Pledge, etc.), and engage in a dialog with the performers who will share their own housing discrimination experiences. This event will create opportunities for realtors to actively listen, deepen their understanding of the LBGTQ+ community, and build relationships that positively impact both our industry and the communities we serve.

Last year, the National Association of Realtors announced a partnership with the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance that "fortifies our ability to advocate for equitable policies and the continued development of LGBTQ+ leaders."

The National Association of Realtors did not respond to a request for comment by the Christian Broadcasting Network.

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