'Parental rights really anger me': 'Non-binary' author indicates that efforts by parents to protect kids from his LGBT propaganda have prompted him to 'do it more'



A middle-aged LGBT activist who targets children with his propaganda made clear in a recent interview that parental resistance is what drives him "to do it more."

"Parental rights really anger me," Alex Gino told Yahoo Entertainment. "Because what about human rights? People who are under 18 are human. ... And if you are keeping information about the world from young people, you are leaving them less prepared to learn how to be in the world."

Gino, a 45-year-old man who refers to himself as a sexually unspecific plurality, further suggested that efforts by parents to exercise their natural rights to protect their children from propaganda and pornography were not motivated by love but rather "fear that looks like anger."

What's the background?

Following Scholastic's publication of his 2015 novel, "George," Gino fast became a darling of Democrats and other leftists, particularly those helming classrooms and stocking bookshelves.

Gino's book is about a young boy named George whose mental illness puts him at odds not just with his body but with classmates during a class production of "Charlotte's Web" — a play in which George wants to play the titular female character.

Gino, originally from New York, changed the name of his novel to "Melissa" in 2021, having realized he had "deadnamed" the book's protagonist.

Over the past several years, the two-titled book was introduced to children's sections in various schools and libraries around the country, drawing the ire of parents who recognized that this particular work of LGBT propaganda wasn't age-appropriate.

The Des Moines Register noted that some critics took issue with the bath scene in the novel, where Gino's fourth-grade character "immersed her body in the warm water and tried not to think about what was between her legs, but there it was, bobbing in front of her."

The New York Post highlighted another questionable scene in the novel, besides the talk of "dirty" magazines, which reads: "She had since read on the Internet you could take girl hormones that would change your body, and you could get a bunch of different surgeries if you wanted them and had the money. This was called transitioning. ... You could even start before you were eighteen with pills called androgen blockers that stopped the boy hormones already inside you from turning your body into a man’s."

The American Library Association, led by self-proclaimed "Marxist lesbian" Emily Drabinski, alleged that the book was the most challenged book of 2020, which appears to have been little more than a promotional tag for works of kid-facing LGBT propaganda.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) was among the Democrats who defended the book from parent critics whilst opposing legislation that would require public school administrators to seek parental consent before changing a child's gender status and to disclose all curricula and reading lists.

Gino knows what's best for your kids

The 45-year-old propagandist told Yahoo Entertainment that "[a]dults are not great at knowing what's in the world. Kids are great at it. Kids are constantly learning what's in the world and taking on new ideas. ... Many adults feel like they have already learned who should be in the world, and if someone goes against their notion of that, they are somehow immoral. And there's a particular panic about showing that or immorality to young people."

Gino, who on X has called for reparations and for police to be defunded, suggested that parents who have identified immoralities being foisted on their children "think their goal is for their children not to live in the real world. Their goal is to shield their children from the reality of other people and the reality of themselves. And I think that goal is extremely harmful."

"If my book is going to get challenged, that to me is a sign that there are more stories that I need to write," continued Gino. "And so I'm writing now about queer and trans kids who don't just exist but who know each other and who have community and who get to thrive. If [parents are] going to say, 'Don't do it,' then I better not tell myself not to do it. I better do it more."

#VelshiBannedBookClub: Featuring “Melissa” By Alex Ginoyoutu.be

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Actress Sally Field calls out her 'white girl' privilege during awards speech — and leftists slobber over her: 'We love to see it!'



Actress Sally Field called out her own "white girl" privilege during her acceptance speech Sunday for a Lifetime Achievement prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards — and as you might expect, leftists loved it.

“I was a little white girl with a pug-nose born in Pasadena, California,” Field told the crowd. “And when I look around this room tonight, I know my fight ― as hard as it was ― was lightweight compared to some of yours. I thank you, and I applaud you.”

\u201cSally Field acknowledging her own privilege while accepting her SAG Lifetime Achievement Award\u2026we love to see it!\u201d
— Spencer Althouse (@Spencer Althouse) 1677464679

What was the reaction from leftists?

Actor George Takei, a longtime and outspoken left-winger, tweeted that Field has "always been ahead of the curve."

\u201cShe's always been ahead of the curve. https://t.co/Mt7U0HgwGY\u201d
— George Takei (@George Takei) 1677537256

Spencer Althouse, editorial director for Buzzfeed, tweeted that Field was "acknowledging her own privilege" and that "we love to see it!"

The Huffington Post led with the headline, "Sally Field Hailed for Self-Aware 'White Girl' Speech at SAG Awards" and added in the story that Field "poked at her white privilege."

Others were just as effusive:

  • "What an absolute queen!" one Twitter user exclaimed.
  • "On such a big night for [people of color], I'm so happy she did this," another commenter said.
  • "We really, really love her," another user stated.
  • "It should be everyone’s goal in life to be as self-aware as Sally Field," another commenter noted.

But not everyone saw it that way

However, not every observer was thrilled by Field's speech. Megyn Kelly on her show called the actress' words "pathetic, obvious virtue-signaling."

“Maybe [Field] can help by stopping the continuation of dividing us all so much,” Kelly added before saying, “Could you just shut up? Just f***in' say thank you, honestly.”

Others agreed:

  • "Virtue-signaling and pandering at SAG Awards," one Twitter user said. "How very Hollywood."
  • "Because she’s white, she’s gotta undermine her struggles to 'lift' someone up?" another commenter said. "Unhealthy rhetoric."
  • "That’s pathetic and racist," another user wrote. "Everything is about race with liberals."
  • "Why does everything in the world have to center around race," another commenter asked. "So sick of it."
  • "Dear White Liberals," another user messaged. "When all you see when you look at us is color and struggle, that's racist. Get over yourselves and enjoy your lives. You might want to get new hobbies. Stop making our struggles your virtues. It's pathetic."

Anything else?

Field's speech was far from her first foray into leftism. A little less than a year ago, she was so upset with anti-abortion laws passed in Texas and Florida that Field warned the governors of those states to stay away from her because "I cannot be responsible for what I would do."

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'I don’t feel comfortable racing against men': Man claiming to be female since 2017 crushes another women's track record



A 50-year-old former soccer player and triathlete began claiming to be a woman six years ago. In an apparent effort to make up for lost time, he has since been racing to break records set by female athletes at various track events.

Over the weekend, "Tiffany" Newell placed first at the 2023 Canadian Masters Indoor Championship in Toronto. Catherine Weber, his sole opponent in the 50-54 age group for the women's 1500-meter indoor race, appears to have placed first among real women in the category.

Newell managed to break another record earlier this month, which has since been ratified by Canadian Masters Athletics under the regulations of World Masters Athletics. Newell ran 18:02:30 in the 5000m, beating the real woman previously in the top spot by six seconds.

Reduxx reported that Newell also secured the top spots on Jan. 8 in the women's 3000 meters in the 45-49 age group at the Winter Mini Meet and on Feb. 5 in the 1500 meters for women ages 45-49.

Running Magazine indicated that Newell began his process of gender transmogrification in 2017, but did not begin competing against women until the transition was reportedly complete in 2020, at which time his testosterone levels satisfied the requirements set by the World Athletics transsexual athlete policies.

Accordingly, Newell would have had to "demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Expert Panel (on the balance of probabilities) that the concentration of testosterone in her serum has been less than 5 nmol/L3 continuously for a period of at least 12 months."

He would also have had to keep his "serum testosterone concentration below 5 nmol/L for so long as she wishes to maintain her eligibility to compete in the female category of competition."

To satisfy the requirements adhered to by WMA, it is not necessary that a male transsexual competing with women undergo surgical anatomical changes or provide legal recognition of his gender identity.

Since completing his so-called transition in 2020, Newell has also competed against women at the 2021 Canadian XC Championships in the masters 8k, securing a silver medal, as well as at the 2022 Hamilton Marathon.

In response to the transsexual's recognized victories, the International Consortium on Female Sport, an advocacy group that seeks to protect meaningful distinctions in sexed categories, asked World Athletics and WMA: "WHY are you not protecting the integrity of the female category? WHY do you insist on showing such blatant sex-discrimination?"

\u201cBREAKING \u26a0\ufe0f \nNew World #1 in women\u2019s 50-54 age 1500m is a male athlete.\n\nQs to @WorldAthletics & @WMA_Social :\n\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffcWHY are you not protecting the integrity of the female category? \n\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffcWHY do you insist on showing such blatant sex-discrimination?\n\n#SaveWomensSports \n#WorldAthletics\u201d
— International Consortium on Female Sport (ICFS) (@International Consortium on Female Sport (ICFS)) 1677472292

George Perry, an athlete performance coach, noted in a Twitter thread ahead of Newell's most recent victories that there are some meaningful differences between male and female track competitors, at least in the way of performance and outcomes:

\u201c25/ Take another look at some of the graphs.\n\nImagine if they showed the results for all men and women in each AG for each event. There wouldn\u2019t be empty space between the men\u2019s record holder and the women\u2019s record holder.\n\nThat space would be filled with men. Lots of men.\u201d
— George M. Perry (@George M. Perry) 1674062144

Perry underscored that between the top man and the top woman will be a lot of "un-notable men, midgrade, mediocre men," of which he reckons Newell is one.

Running Magazine noted that in response to the suggestion by some critics that transsexuals compete in an open category besides those designated for biological men and women, Newell said, "The policy makes sense for non-binary athletes, but I don’t feel comfortable racing against men."

Newell suggested that an open category would categorize him in the sex he does not identify with: "I am a woman, and I feel most comfortable racing against women or other transgender women. I believe an open category can work if athletes can continue to race against athletes of the same gender."

One Twitter user suggested that when transsexuals like Newell "steal women's accomplishments it is the worst kind of sexism."

\u201cThis is why it is so important for \n@WorldAthletics\n to FIX their policy!!\n\nThis is another shameful man stealing women's records and accomplishments. Sex stereotype nonconforming men are not women. When they steal women's accomplishments it is the worst kind of sexism.\u201d
— Amy E. Sousa, MA Depth Psychology (@Amy E. Sousa, MA Depth Psychology) 1672420406

The Guardian reported in 2020 that male transsexuals retain a 12% edge in tests two years after "transitioning." This conclusion was first reached in a paper published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine showing male transsexuals performed 31% more push-ups and 15% more sit-ups in one minute on average than real women and ran 1.5 miles 21% faster.

After taking hormones, a male transsexual was found to retain a 10% advantage in push-ups and a 6% advantage in sit-ups years later.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe told Insider last year, "If you pushed me and said I had to choose between fairness or inclusion, I will always lean towards fairness, because that’s what sports have to be based on."

December 10, 2021 youtube.com

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Georgia Democrats vote to keep Konnech election software despite criminal investigation into its CEO, accused of storing sensitive data in communist China



On Monday, Georgia's DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections held a special meeting to discuss its contract with election software company Konnech. The board voted 3-2 in favor of keeping the contract, despite the October 4 arrest of Konnech CEO Eugene Yu on charges of personal data theft and allegedly storing sensitive American information on servers in communist China.

This decision, which the election board's two Republican members opposed, came after other counties and municipalities canceled their contracts in efforts to bolster election security.

The arrest

On October 4, the CEO of Konnech, 51-year-old Eugene Yu, was arrested in Meridian Township in Michigan on suspicion of theft of personal identifying information and computer hard drives.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office dispatched investigators to seize hard drives and other "digital evidence" relevant to the charges.

Konnech licenses a proprietary software called PollChief. This election worker management system was used in the last California election by Los Angeles County, where it has a five-year, $2.9 million contract.

PollChief, which DeKalb County licensed on September 8, requires election workers to submit personal identifying information. Konnech retains that information.

While the company previously claimed that all of its data was stored on servers in the United States, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón suggested that Konnech had "allegedly violated its contract by storing critical information that the workers provided on servers in China," where Yu lived until 1986.

In a statement issued after Yu's arrest, Gascón said, "Data breaches are an ongoing threat to our digital way of life. When we entrust a company to hold our confidential data, they must be willing and able to protect our personal identifying information from theft. Otherwise, we are all victims."

\u201cDA Gasc\u00f3n announced today that an executive with a #Michigan-based company responsible for the software used in managing #LACounty #election poll workers has been arrested as part of an investigation into the possible theft of personal identifying information of those workers.\u201d
— George Gasc\u00f3n (@George Gasc\u00f3n) 1664918216

Gascón added, "We intend to hold all those responsible for this breach accountable."

The nonprofit election integrity organization True the Vote had been castigated for suggesting that Konnech was guilty of the crimes with which Yu was charged last Tuesday. In a recent statement, True the Vote noted that it was "honored to have played a small role in what must have been a wide ranging and complex."

True the Vote's founder, Catherine Engelbrecht, stated, "Election integrity should not be a partisan issue, nor should media try to suppress all conversation about it in a way that benefits one party."

Bolstering election security after Yu's arrest

Last week, Detroit, which had also used Konnech's PollChief software, cancelled its $320,000 contract. The contract was approved last year by Detroit City Council and set to expire in June 2024.

WDET reported that extra to sending mass letters, emails, and phone calls to polling locations and documenting the responses of poll workers, Konnech had developed various election-related solutions for the city, including ballot "fast scanning" software and an app for Uninformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act returned ballots.

City Clerk Janice Winfrey noted that as a result of the cancellation, "Our data ... is now back under our exclusive control." She added, "Out of an abundance of caution, all proper steps are being taken."

Winfrey expressed confidence that the 2022 election process would yield "an unimpeachable work product."

Fairfax County, Virginia, has also canceled its contract with Konnech.

Fairfax County Office of Elections General Registrar Eric Spicer wrote in an October 6 email: "Out of an abundance of caution, on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, the Fairfax County Office of Elections ceased its use of 'PollChief'."

Spicer indicated that, as part of the notice of contract termination letter, Konnech was directed to "immediately provide Fairfax County with a copy of all our election officer data"; "immediately take down all of our public facing systems"; and "immediately delete all of our customer data."

According to the Fairfax Republicans, the data that certain election offices across the United States stored in the PollChief database, which may have been exposed or stored on China-based servers accessible to the communist party, sometimes included:

  • names;
  • mailing addresses;
  • phone numbers;
  • email addresses;
  • dates of birth;
  • social security numbers;
  • banking information;
  • party affiliations; and
  • active/inactive status.

The Fairfax GOP Election Integrity Working Group reportedly learned of Konnech's alleged storage of data on servers in China in August, owing to the public online briefing by the True the Vote organization, which was smeared as a conspiracy group by the New York Times up until the day before Yu's arrest.

Despite weeks of effort on the part of Fairfax Republicans to address security concerns arising from the county's relationship with Konnech, it was not until Yu was charged that the Fairfax County Office of Elections ceased use of all PollChief applications.

The city of Minneapolis may similarly be taking corrective action.

The city issued a statement on October 7 concerning Konnech's alleged "inappropriate handling of personal identifying information about Los Angeles County poll workers," noting Minneapolis "also uses this software to manage and schedule its poll workers."

"The City takes these accusations seriously and we are looking into the impact, if any, on data related to Minneapolis poll workers," said the Minneapolis Elections & Voter Services statement.

DeKalb doubles down

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that while DeKalb County will continue using Konnech elections software, the contract will be amended so that poll workers' sensitive data will be stored on local servers.

Democrat Chairwoman Dele Lowman Smith, who supported the decision, indicated that the amended contract would ensure data was securely stored while also helping the board optimize efficiency.

Smith's confidence was shored up just one week after telling the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “The more we dig into this and try to get information, I think the more we realize that we don’t know anything."

The two Republican dissenters, Nancy Jester and Anthony Lewis, were not as keen on the county's continued reliance on a service at the center of a criminal investigation.

Jester said the decision "gives me a lot of heartburn."

On October 5, DeKalb GOP Chairwoman Marci McCarthy wrote to the election board, saying, "The DeKalb Elections Office is committed to physical safety of its poll workers and election staff. ... It should do the right thing and extend their cyber safety into the digital world and safeguard their personal identifiable information.”

Mary Williams Benefield, the Georgia House of Representatives candidate who advanced from the Republican primary on May 24, said in an October 7 letter to the elections board: "I am appalled, not surprised, but appalled at the offhand and unprofessional way in which you dismissed LEGITIMATE concerns over this matter."

\u201c2 of 3 -\n\nThis morning I sent this letter to the Dekalb County, Ga Board of Elections asking for an action plan to address this immediately. \nSee below ...\u201d
— benefieldforga (@benefieldforga) 1665181117

On October 10, McCarthy noted the result of the vote and in a second tweet suggested that DeKalb, Georgia, Democrats "would rather align with alleged criminals than put its' residents' safety first."

\u201cThe Democrats on the DeKalb Board of Elections just voted to keep Konnech, an election management system that has had its\u2019 CEO arrested for data theft and who has violated the trust of its' customers and their poll workers. Let that sink in as elections have consequences.\u201d
— Marci McCarthy (@Marci McCarthy) 1665426454

Early voting for the midterm elections begins in DeKalb County on October 17.

'Conspiracy theory' criticized by NY Times confirmed one day later: CEO of election-software company arrested for allegedly giving poll worker data to communist Chinese government



On October 3, the New York Times' Stuart Thompson criticized so-called "far-right election deniers" for a "conspiracy theory" alleging that Konnech, an election software company based in East Lansing, Michigan, had "secret ties to the Chinese Communist Party and had given the Chinese government backdoor access to personal data about two million poll workers in the United States."

Thompson, a "misinformation and disinformation" reporter, suggested that these claims, which allegedly made the CEO of the company cry, were used to "raise doubts about the integrity of American elections."

The NY Times piece ended in a quote from the company's 51-year-old Chinese-born CEO, Eugene Yu: "They had no interest in the truth. ... The truth is inconvenient."

On October 4, Konnech CEO Eugene Yu was arrested on suspicion of theft of personal identifying information and computer hard drives.

In a statement issued after Yu's arrest, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said, "Data breaches are an ongoing threat to our digital way of life. When we entrust a company to hold our confidential data, they must be willing and able to protect our personal identifying information from theft. Otherwise, we are all victims"

According to Gascón's office, while Konnech was required to store sensitive election-related data in the United States and only make it accessible to citizens and permanent residents, the company had stored data on servers in China.

True the Vote, a Texas-based nonprofit founded in 2009 with a mandate to bolster election integrity, was sued by Konnech last month for defamation, after True the Vote claimed the company was guilty of that for which Yu has now been arrested.

On Tuesday, True the Vote issued a statement, saying, "Konnech CEO Eugene Yu was arrested based on alleged evidence of the very activities he and his organization attempted to suppress."

True the Vote, tarred by Thompson as "far-right election deniers" and "conspiracy theorists," added, "Konnech was assisted by many reporters who unblinkingly accepted their now discredited claims as fact, and simply repeated them."

The arrest

Yu was arrested in Meridian Township in Michigan with the assistance of the East Lansing Police and the Ingham County sheriff's office.

Investigators dispatched by the LA DA's office seized computer hard drives and other "digital evidence" relevant to the charges.

The DA's office is seeking Yu's extradition to Los Angeles.

Gascón noted that the investigation was concerned with the personal identifying information of election workers and assured that Yu's alleged criminal conduct "had no impact on the tabulation of votes and did not alter election results."

\u201cDA Gasc\u00f3n announced today that an executive with a #Michigan-based company responsible for the software used in managing #LACounty #election poll workers has been arrested as part of an investigation into the possible theft of personal identifying information of those workers.\u201d
— George Gasc\u00f3n (@George Gasc\u00f3n) 1664918216

Konnech sells a proprietary software called PollChief, an election worker management system. It was used by Los Angeles County in the last California election, where it has a five-year, $2.9 million contract. Its software requires election workers to submit personal identifying information. Konnech retains that information.

According Konnech's lawsuit, the company holds other contracts nationwide.

The company previously claimed that all of its data was stored on servers in the United States. The NY Times reported that, according to Konnech, the company had "no ties to the Chinese government."

However, Gascón suggested that Konnech had "allegedly violated its contract by storing critical information that the workers provided on servers in China," where Yu had lived until 1986.

Gascón added, "We intend to hold all those responsible for this breach accountable."

The LA Times reported that prosecutors learned of the data breach through a "separate investigation."

True the Vote

In the statement it released after Yu's arrest, True the Vote noted that it was "honored to have played a small role in what must have been a wide ranging and complex investigation."

The organization's founder, Catherine Engelbrecht, said, “Election integrity should not be a partisan issue, nor should media try to suppress all conversation about it in a way that benefits one party."

Engelbrecht added that True the Vote "will continue to report evidence of threats to our election process and work with law enforcement to ensure our elections are a secure space for all American voters.”

When working with a cyber analyst in 2021, Engelbrecht and True the Vote's Gregg Phillips reportedly found "an oddity in some of the URLs" related to PollChief's data gathering. After determining that some of the URLs resolved in a Chinese IP address and concluding that "this was a major national security risk," they took the information to the FBI.

The FBI allegedly "said the information was forwarded to their counter-intelligence operation, and a counter-intelligence op was opened up in January or February of 2021."

It is unclear if Tuesday's arrest was the result of that alleged investigation.

The lawsuit

Konnech Inc. filed a defamation lawsuit against True the Vote on September 12, suggesting that the group's accusations of wrongdoing were damaging and would prove "particularly problematic in light of the upcoming 2022 midterm elections, for which Konnech has contracts to provide election logistics software for voting districts across the country."

The lawsuit suggested that True the Vote and its leaders "falsely claimed that they discovered that Konnech had an unsecured server located in Wuhan, China."

The lawsuit stated, "Defendants have falsely accused Konnech of storing sensitive and personal data—including social security numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, and banking information—on 1.8 million U.S. poll workers on servers in China."

It also emphasized that "Konnech does not, and has never, stored any actual customer or poll worker data on any server in China as Defendants falsely claim."

Konnech and members of the media who reported on the lawsuit suggested that True the Vote leaders' intimations that Yu may have been cooperating with Chinese communists were racist and xenophobic and that the claim Yu was spearheading a "Red Chinese communist op run against the United States" was not an expression of geopolitical concern but of bigotry.

Last month, Judge Kenneth Hoyt of the U.S. District Court granted Konnech's request for a temporary restraining order against Engelbrecht and Phillips, finding that the company would "suffer irreparable injury" without it.

The defamation lawsuit is likely to be affected in the event of Yu's conviction.

Ridicule

The New York Times has come under fire for boldly parroting the Konnech CEO's claims a day before his arrest.

The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway wrote, "I have never seen anything age this poorly, this quickly."

\u201cWOW WOW WOWWWWWWWWWWWW. \n\nI have never seen anything age this poorly, this quickly. By NYT's @stuartathompson \n\nAlso, could adults stop using the Democrat propaganda term "election denial" to describe people with legitimate challenges to election administration? It's so puerile.\u201d
— Mollie (@Mollie) 1664942722

Thompson has kept his discredited article pinned to his Twitter page.

\u201c"Konnech\u2019s founder & chief executive, Eugene Yu, an American citizen who immigrated from China in 1986, went into hiding with his family after receiving threatening messages"\n\nHow far-right election deniers targeted an election company, by @stuartathompson https://t.co/e67P0pAH39\u201d
— Malachy Browne (@Malachy Browne) 1664890095

AOC-backed candidate Kristen Gonzalez scores victory in Democratic New York state Senate primary and proclaims, 'socialism wins'



Kristen Gonzalez, a self-described "Democratic socialist," won the Democratic primary for New York state Senate district 59.

Gonzalez, who had been endorsed by Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, said, "socialism wins."

\u201c@Gonzalez4NY, who just won the pivotal Democratic primary for NY State Senate District 59, walks into her victory party to tremendous applause. \u201cToday we really proved that socialism wins,\u201d she said.\u201d
— George Joseph (@George Joseph) 1661307075

"Neighborhoods across Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens resoundingly elected a 27-year-old socialist Latina to office," the candidate tweeted. "Our collective victory showed that our power as democratic socialists isn't just safe, it's growing," she tweeted. "We multiplied our strength to show once and for all that socialism is here to stay," she wrote.

The left-wing candidate's campaign website has a "Queer Liberation Platform" section.

"In order to fully acheive queer liberation, we must directly address the attacks on queer and trans rights, along with ensuring our housing, healthcare, and education system are intersectional and provide dignity for all," the website reads.

She also advocates for "comprehensive sex eduction that is fully inclusive of LGBTQ+ students ... to help queer youth better understand themselves and form healthy relationships in their life going forward."

Gonzalez is also a climate alarmist.

"The climate crisis isn’t just coming — it’s here. At just one degree of warming, we've witnessed fires across the West Coast, deep freezes in Texas, and flash floods like Tropical Storm Ida last summer, which took at least 43 lives. People shouldn't have to breathe poisoned air or die in flooded basements while fossil fuel companies make billions killing our planet," her campaign site declares.

Her website calls for shutting down "existing fossil fuel infrastructure in and near the district, including the Ravenswood Generating Station, New York City’s largest power plant."

Gonzalez, who includes "She/her" pronouns on her Twitter account, has said that she will advocate for women and all individuals' "right" to abortion.

Her platform indicates that she will push "for free, universal reproductive care, including abortion access, prenatal, and maternal care."

2022 Meet the Candidates: Kristen Gonzalez for State Senate District 59 youtu.be

Media outlets blame 2019 Georgia gun law for cancellation of Atlanta Music Midtown festival



Georgia's Music Midtown was trending on Twitter recently when rumors began to surface that it might get canceled. The yearly event was set to take place on September 17 and 18, featuring music from My Chemical Romance, Future, and Fallout Boy. The promoter, Live Nation, scheduled the event for Piedmont Park, a public park in downtown Atlanta.


\u201cMusic Midtown is about to be cancelled. My understanding is that it is because Georgia's gun laws make it impossible to bar firearms from Piedmont Park, a condition required by many artists' concert riders. An announcement is coming, I am told by a reliable source.\n\n#gapol\u201d
— George Chidi -- The Atlanta Objective (@George Chidi -- The Atlanta Objective) 1659113145

Yesterday, Music Midtown confirmed the rumors and announced the cancellation of the festival. Neither Live Nation nor Music Midtown have released a statement about why the event was called off. However, prevalent media outlets reported that Georgia gun laws prevent the promoter from legally banning firearms from the property during the event.


\u201cHey Midtown fans - due to circumstances beyond our control, Music Midtown will no longer be taking place this year. We were looking forward to reuniting in September and hope we can all get back to enjoying the festival together again soon.\u201d
— Music Midtown (@Music Midtown) 1659362407

Media outlets like Rolling Stone and Billboard reported that the cancellation is the fault of Georgia gun laws and 2A advocates. Specifically, the Safe Carry Protection Act expanded the ability to carry on state-owned land. Considering the law has been in place since 2019, the promoter should have been aware of the restrictions long before booking the venue.

Democratic Nominee for Governor of Georgia Stacey Abrams complained that the event's cancellation would cost the state's economy $50 million. She blamed Governor Brian Kemp for his "dangerous and extreme gun agenda" and stated, "It's shameful, but not surprising, that the governor cares more about protecting dangerous people carrying guns in public than saving jobs and keeping business in Georgia."


\u201cThe cancellation of Music Midtown will cost Georgia\u2019s economy $50 million.\n \nIt's shameful, but not surprising, that the governor cares more about protecting dangerous people carrying guns in public than saving jobs and keeping business in Georgia.\u201d
— Stacey Abrams (@Stacey Abrams) 1659390241

A pro-Second Amendment organization, GA2A, challenged Atlanta Botanical Garden at Piedmont Park in 2014 for enforcing a "gun-free zone" on state-owned land. Ultimately, Atlanta Botanical Garden won the case.

As part of that 2019 Supreme Court decision, Georgia's high court clarified the carry law – businesses with long-term leases on state-owned land, like Atlanta Botanical Garden, may enforce gun restrictions, and those with short-term leases may not.

Therefore, according to this 2019 ruling, two-day festivals like Music Midtown do not hold a long enough lease to enforce gun restrictions on the property.

Since the festival's launch in 1996, firearms have been banned from the event. In previous years, Music Midtown enforced illegal gun restrictions at Piedmont Park without consequence.

George Takei tries to mock gun owners and inadvertently makes the case for owning an AR-15



Liberal actor George Takei tried to mock gun owners, but many on social media noted that he had inadvertently made the argument in support of AR-15 ownership.

Takei made the comment in the wake of the horrific Uvalde elementary school massacre and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

"Crazy thought, but those 20 million AR-15s now in this country could sure arm a lot of Ukrainians," tweeted Takei.

\u201cCrazy thought, but those 20 million AR-15s now in this country could sure arm a lot of Ukrainians.\u201d
— George Takei (@George Takei) 1654568238

The "Star Trek" icon garnered a lot of retweets and likes in support of his supposition, but gun owners and others supporters of the Second Amendment noticed that he had undermined his own argument for gun control.

"In this episode, George Takei learns about the usefulness of an armed populace against foreign or domestic oppression," responded journalist Tony Kinnett.

"So...you're saying that a rifle could be used in a self defense situation against a tyrannical government? That's actually brilliant. Only if the Founding Fathers had thought of that, and enshrined it in some sort of document," read another response with more than 1k likes.

"Crazy thought, Americans should have the same right and ability to protect themselves that Ukrainians do," replied comedian Tim Young.

Not only was Takei's point taken up by conservatives, but some liberals were incensed that he hadn't thought it through.

"Why are people on this site advocating for a flood of untraceable weapons to Ukraine? Do you understand where this will lead?! Let’s not export our unregulated gun violence to other countries," read one tweet. "For f***’s sake."

Takei has been very vocal about his leftist beliefs and he has previously offended conservatives with his ill considered tweets. In one instance from June 2017 the actor opined that the universe was dealing a lesson in social justice when a lawmaker was treated by a gay nurse after being shot in the heinous baseball field attack on Republicans.

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First bus of illegal immigrants from Texas arrives in DC



A bus from Texas carrying dozens of illegal immigrants arrived in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, allowing passengers to disembark just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, according to a Fox News report.

Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) announced last week that he directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to "charter buses and flights to transport migrants who have been processed and released from federal custody to Washington, D.C.," in response to the Biden administration's plan to rescind Title 42.

But critics on both the left and right were quick to slam the Texas governor's plan as a "publicity stunt" and "gimmick" when they found out that illegal immigrants "must volunteer" and "show documentation from DHS" to be transported to the Capitol.

Press secretary Jen Psaki said "I think it’s pretty clear this is a publicity stunt” when asked what the Biden administration planned to do in response to Gov. Abbott's initiative. “His own office admits that a migrant would need to voluntarily be transported, and then he can’t compel them to because, again, enforcement of our country’s immigration laws lies with the federal government and not a state,” she added.

Even Republican state Rep. Matt Schaefer called the plan a "gimmick" in a tweet shortly after Abbott's press conference announcing his plan.

Nevertheless, a bus from the Del Rio sector in Texas reportedly pulled up just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol building around 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday, to drop off dozens of immigrants said to be from Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

"In the last 24 hours, TDEM has dispatched buses to areas where communities have expressed concerns about the federal government dropping off migrants and has the capability to send as many as is necessary to fulfill the requests from mayors and county judges," Seth Christensen, chief of media and communications for TDEM, told Fox News.

“From the [Rio Grande Valley] to Terrell County, a large majority of the communities that originally reached out for support through this operation have now said that the federal government has stopped dropping migrants in their towns since the governor’s announcement on Wednesday,” Christensen added.

A tweet from Gov. Abbott's account on Wednesday boasted, "First Texas bus drops off illegal immigrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC. Biden refuses to come see the mess he’s made at the border. So Texas is bringing the border to him."

First Texas bus drops off illegal immigrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC.\n\nBiden refuses to come see the mess he\u2019s made at the border.\n\nSo Texas is bringing the border to him.https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-migrant-bus-arrives-washington-d-c\u00a0\u2026
— Greg Abbott (@Greg Abbott) 1649860211

Naturally, the reception on social media was mixed:

Texas Governor Abbott actually did it. First bus unloads illegal migrants in Washington DC.pic.twitter.com/gVpGBTDrcY
— Big Fish (@Big Fish) 1649860366
If the migrants are asked if they want to go to DC and they say yes...then they are just basically getting a free ride there...right? When they are being released they are free to go wherever they want..they choose DC. So isn't Texas just giving them a free ride where they chose?
— Bobbie Carr (@Bobbie Carr) 1649855629
I agree; more states than just Florida and Texas need to be making headlines.
— MRS. MASSACRE 2.0 (@MRS. MASSACRE 2.0) 1649857152
Very good. Next bus # Delaware in front of biden's estate. There's plenty of room for tents.
— George Rock (@George Rock) 1649855406
So you kidnapped people?
— Kim Ikpo (@Kim Ikpo) 1649861198


They chose to go to DC.https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/us/texas-immigrants-charter-buses-dc/index.html\u00a0\u2026
— birthdaycake (@birthdaycake) 1649856944
Of course it\u2019s a publicity stunt. But an amazing, genius publicity stunt. One that forces media to cover the issue.
— Mad Scientist (@Mad Scientist) 1649358730


Best news in a long time!
— Dianne (@Dianne) 1649859256

Here are more details as reported by Fox News:


Texas deputy working extra job as mall security fatally shot by thug who wrestled his gun away amid confrontation



A Texas constable deputy who was off duty Wednesday afternoon and working his extra job as security at a Houston mall was fatally shot by a suspect who wrestled away his gun amid a confrontation.

Image source: KTRK-TV video screenshot

What are the details?

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said it was possible that Neil Adams of San Jacinto County Precinct 1 was responding to a disturbance in a store at the former Sharpstown Mall when the shooting took place, NBC News reported.

Investigators said the suspect — so far described only as a 35-year-old man — managed to wrestle Adams' gun away and shoot him with it, KTRK-TV reported, adding that he later died after being taken to a hospital.

"He's a hero," Finner said of Adams, according to the station. "He's a hero, and we want to honor him."

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush — son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — tweeted that Adams "was attacked because of the badge he proudly wore."

Deputy Neil Adams was known and loved by all in his community. Yesterday, he was brutally and senselessly murdered while working an extra shift to serve Texans. \n\nHe was attacked because of the badge he proudly wore.pic.twitter.com/gO3YUTSkvz
— George P. Bush (@George P. Bush) 1645722914

What happened to the suspect?

Investigators added to KTRK that the suspect made his way to the mall's food court where two Houston police officers found him after they were called for an officer assist.

But when the suspect threatened the officers with a sharp object, both officers fired their weapons at him, the station said, adding that the suspect later died at a hospital.

'Everybody's turned their back on' law enforcement

Adams' widow, Dee Dee Adams, spoke to reporters just hours after her husband's death and asked for prayers for all law enforcement personnel, KTRK said.

Dee Dee AdamsImage source: KTRK-TV video screenshot

"My husband always said you can either be a sheep or a sheepdog, and I want everybody to pray for all the sheepdogs out there that are protecting everybody," Dee Dee Adams — who's also San Jacinto County Treasurer — said to reporters, according to the station. "They get a bad rap, and they just want to protect. That's what they want to do in their heart. Everybody's turned their back on them, and everybody should pray for all of them because they're here for you."

San Jacinto County Precinct 1 Constable Roy Rogers said Adams had been in law enforcement since 2012 and worked for the county sheriff's office and also served as the county's environmental officer.