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GOP North Dakota ex-senator sentenced for 'egregious and despicable' sex crime likely involving minor boys



A man who spent nearly half a century in the North Dakota state Senate will spend much of his remaining years behind bars after he pled guilty to a sex crime that likely involved minors.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland went above and beyond the recommended three-year sentence and instead sentenced former state Sen. Ray Holmberg (R-Grand Forks) to 10 years behind bars. Back in August, Holmberg pled guilty to one count of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.

'There was sexual contact with minors in the Czech Republic.'

The crime sounds bad enough, but the details of what Holmberg apparently did are nothing short of appalling. According to federal prosecutors, Holmberg traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic at least 14 times between 2011 and 2021 to stay at a brothel and pay young boys for sex.

Prosecutors described these boys as "extremely vulnerable" "homeless runaways who often lived in poverty." Unfortunately, law enforcement was never able to locate any of Holmberg's victims there, "but, make no mistake, this is not a victimless crime," prosecutors claimed.

"There is no doubt that Holmberg’s exploitation of them has had devastating consequences for them, which are long-lasting."

Holmberg, now 81, even admitted in court that he received massages from young men, that some of these massages involved sexual contact, and that some of the young men could have been under 18. He stopped short of admitting for certain that he had sexual contact with a minor, however, acknowledging only that he was not sure about their ages.

Judge Hovland was not convinced. "There was sexual contact with minors in the Czech Republic," he asserted. He likewise characterized Holmberg's actions as "egregious and despicable."

"From my perspective, this was not an isolated case and this is not a victimless crime," the judge continued. "It displays a pattern of very vile, sickening criminal behavior."

During the sentencing hearing, defense attorney Mark Friese argued that none of the victims in the case had been proven to be underage and that his client otherwise had no criminal record. Friese pushed for no prison time, citing Holmberg's age and health.

'What happens in Prague - Stays in Prague.'

Holmberg previously admitted that he traveled to foreign countries for these sexual encounters to protect his political career. According to prosecutors, he also wrote damning messages, some of which boasted of having sex with boys as young as 12:

  • "The boys rent at around $60 ... (sex is extra)," Holmberg sent along with a link to the Prague brothel;
  • "What happens in Prague - Stays in Prague";
  • "No one is ever to [sic] young ... remember Prague."
Holmberg dismissed those messages as mere "bravado" and "locker room talk."
Holmberg's sexual grooming of young men may even have had deadly consequences. Sometime in 2012 or 2013, Holmberg met a 16-year-old Canadian boy in an online chat room and managed to convince the young man to send him explicit photos, presumably of himself.

Less than a decade later, the Canadian young man took his own life. "No doubt Holmberg’s conduct contributed to his struggles," said prosecutor Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl.

In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop the charges against Holmberg that related to child pornography.

By federal law, Holmberg will have to register as a sex offender. He is also forbidden any contact with minors except with permission from his probation officer. He will have further restrictions if he survives his 10-year sentence and is once again released back to the community.

Friese said he will confer with Holmberg about whether to appeal the sentence. Friese declined the AP's request for further comment.

First elected in 1976, Holmberg became one of the most powerful lawmakers in the state of North Dakota. He even chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee for a time. He resigned in 2022 and was indicted in 2023.

Holmberg was reportedly married once and has two children.

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Letitia James wants NY hospitals to continue gender 'mutilation' of minors, despite Trump order



New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) has warned hospitals in her state that they must continue providing so-called "gender affirming care" to minors, despite an executive order from President Donald Trump, or risk possible repercussions for engaging in "discrimination."

On January 28, Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal funding for medical facilities that supposedly help a child 18 years old or younger "'transition' ... from one sex to another." The order described such procedures as "chemical and surgical mutilation" and noted they often result in permanent reproductive damage.

"Countless children soon regret that they have been mutilated and begin to grasp the horrifying tragedy that they will never be able to conceive children of their own or nurture their children through breastfeeding. Moreover, these vulnerable youths’ medical bills may rise throughout their lifetimes, as they are often trapped with lifelong medical complications, a losing war with their own bodies, and, tragically, sterilization," the executive order explained.

'[The EO is] already having its intended effect — preventing children from being maimed and sterilized by adults.'

Despite Trump's order, James apparently wants to continue propagating what the order called the "radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex." In a letter issued Monday, James claimed that New York medical clinics that offer so-called "gender affirming care to minors" must continue doing so, with or without federal funding, to remain in compliance with state discrimination laws.

"Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws, including those that prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their membership in a protected class, such as sex [and] gender identity or expression," James wrote.

"Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination under New York law," the letter continued.

In closing the letter, James invited anyone who has "witness[ed]" a potential violation of her order to contact her office.

In apparent response to James' letter, a spokesperson for the Greater New York Hospital Association indicated only that members were attempting to better understand the long-term "implications" of Trump's EO. "We are collaboratively working through every aspect of the EO to determine its legal and clinical implications. That work is ongoing," Brian Conway said, according to the AP.

So far, it seems Trump is winning this legal tug-of-war. On Monday, the White House mentioned NYU Langone Health in New York City as one of several hospitals across the country — including in Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. — that have already begun to curtail or end gender-related treatment of minors in the wake of Trump's EO.

NYU Langone has reportedly "abruptly" canceled at least two appointments for 12-year-old children seeking puberty blockers. The hospital did not respond to a request for comment from the New York Post.

"[The EO is] already having its intended effect — preventing children from being maimed and sterilized by adults perpetuating a radical, false claim that they can somehow change a child’s sex," the White House said in a statement Monday.

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Gang of 6 teens — including 14-year-old girl 'leader' — charged for 'unprovoked,' broad-daylight beatdowns in space of 1 hour



A gang of six teenagers — including the "leader," a 14-year-old girl — have been charged in connection with a series of broad-daylight physical attacks that occurred in the space of one hour last week in Philadelphia.

The minors — all students at Anthony Wayne School in Grays Ferry — were charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and other crimes in connection with the "unprovoked" attacks last Tuesday, WTXF-TV reported.

'Of the six that were arrested, none of them were arrested before, which is very, very surprising. We're not sure what caused them to do this.'

Some of their movements were captured on video the police department posted on YouTube. The video indicates that all of victims were attacked from behind and were punched in the head and face several times.

WTXF, citing investigators, said one of the teens punched a homeless man in the face near the intersection of 15th and Chestnut Streets around 3 p.m.

Philadelphia Police Inspector Raymond Evers noted that a 14-year-old girl, whom he described as the "leader," minutes later punched a 24-year-old woman near 17th and Chestnut Streets, the station said.

The other teens joined in by punching the woman while she was on the ground, after which the victim suffered a concussion, investigators told WTXF.

Evers noted that the girl "leader" was "instructing the other kids what to do," the station said, adding the Evers noted the girl was wearing "pink boots" and that the attacks were "unprovoked."

Evers added to WTXF that the teens moved to the 200 block of North 19th Street where a 31-year-old man was punched and chased less than an hour after the first attack.

Investigators added that a 40-year-old woman was punched near the Target on 20th and Callowhill Streets moments later, the station said.

Evers said the 14-year-old girl "leader" turned herself in with her parents that day after police shared surveillance video of teens wanted for the attacks, WTXF reported.

The following day the other five teens surrendered to police while accompanied by their parents, Evers told the station.

"The parents were right on point," Evers said, according to WTXF. "They saw their kids did something wrong ... and ... they turned their kids in."

Evers added to the station that investigators are still trying to figure out a motive: "Of the six that were arrested, none of them were arrested before, which is very, very surprising. We're not sure what caused them to do this."

You can view a news video report here about the charged teens.

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Prominent victim of the sex-change regime endorses Trump in gut-wrenching ad



De-transitioner Chloe Cole announced Monday that she is endorsing President Donald Trump because of his plan to protect children from the ravages of the ideologically captive and unscientific sex-change regime, which Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, alternatively support.

"When I was 12 years old, doctors led me to believe that I was transgender," said Cole, now 20. "I was told that puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries were my only options. They were wrong."

Cole noted that her body has been irreversibly transmogrified and that she must spend the rest of her life dealing with the consequences.

The de-transitioner went into greater detail in 2022, telling the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine Joint Rules/Legislative Committee, "At 13, I started taking puberty blockers and testosterone. At 15, I underwent a double mastectomy in which my breasts were removed and my nipples were grafted. And yet, at 16, after years of medically transitioning, I came to realize I severely regretted my transition."

Despite having been a "very feminine girl" from a young age, Cole noted she was soon barraged by "inappropriate content" in "an echo chamber of far-left ideology," which suggested sex and gender are separate and that children suffering from confusion ought to go under the knife.

'He's committed to protecting children from these rash decisions.'

Last year, Chloe Cole filed a suit against the Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, which performed, supervised, and/or advised transgender hormone therapy and surgical intervention on her between the ages of 13 and 16.

Cole accused the defendants of "failing to provide [her] with competent informed consent regarding the treatment options available and the relevant risks and benefits of treatments."

The lawsuit also accused the defendants of "manipulating [her] and her parents into a false decision making matrix by deliberately obscuring relevant information, by presenting false and misleading information, and by thwarting their rational decision making process through inserting an emotionally supercharged ultimatum of a grossly exaggerated suicide risk when no such risk existed for Chloe."

While Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, and other Democrats support so-called "gender-affirming care" for adults and children alike, Cole's concerns about informed consent raise what may be a universal problem with the sex-change operations — especially if patients are not made aware of recent studies and government-sponsored investigations indicating "gender-affirming care" is largely ineffective and dangerous and based on bad science.

Dr. Melanie Crites-Bachert, a urologist and osteopathic surgeon with expertise in pelvic reconstruction, recently told Blaze News that when it comes to sex-change medical interventions, "Informed consent is severely lacking here. You're not giving patients all of the information that they need to make these types of decisions, especially minors."

"I still think that adults are not given the proper informed consent," continued Crites-Bachert. "But when you're talking about children, this is the most vulnerable of our population. They are vulnerable at that time in their life where hormones are everywhere. ... They are being promised a magic injection or a magic pill: 'Oh yes, all of your problems will be solved.'"

Cole emphasized in her ad that when it comes to protecting kids, the choice is clear.

"Today, Kamala Harris is pushing children into these procedures, limiting their choices later on in life," said Cole. "That's why I'm voting for Donald Trump — because he's committed to protecting children from these rash decisions."

The last time Harris ran for president, she indicated in an American Civil Liberties Union questionnaire that she would use her executive authority to ensure that transvestites and so-called "non-binary people" who rely on the state for medical care would be provided with "comprehensive treatment associated with gender transition," including sex-change mutilations.

Harris, who has since signaled support for sex-changes for minors, clarified that she would also ensure taxpayer-funded sex changes for federal prisoners and illegal aliens, stressing that "transition treatment is a medical necessity."

The Biden-Harris administration indicated in July that it supported overturning bans on sex-change mutilations for minors.

Neera Tanden, domestic policy adviser to President Joe Biden, said in a statement obtained by the Guardian, "Families should have the freedom to make the medical decisions that they and their doctors determine are best for them — which is why we oppose attempts to limit healthcare for transgender individuals in the courts or through legislation."

The activist outfit Advocates for Trans Equality endorsed Harris on July 22, stating, "A Harris Administration would not only uphold but also expand upon the protections for transgender Americans established by the Biden Administration."

Tim Walz has similarly staked out an extreme position, issuing a gubernatorial decree on March 8, 2023, making Minnesota a "refuge" for those who would provide confusion-affirming genital mutilations and sterilizing hormone therapies to kids and adults alike.

"All state agencies must, to the fullest extent of their lawful authority, pursue opportunities and coordinate with each other to protect people or entities providing, assisting, seeking, or obtaining gender affirming health care services in Minnesota," wrote Walz.

Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly pledged to penalize health care providers that provide sex-change medical interventions to minors if elected in November.

Trump vowed in February 2023 to "stop the chemical, physical, and emotional mutilation of our youth because no serious country should be telling its children that they were born with the wrong gender."

To this end, he indicated he would:

  • revoke the Biden-Harris administration's "cruel policies on so-called 'gender-affirming care'";
  • sign an executive order instructing every federal agency to cease all programs that promote the concept of gender transition;
  • lean on Congress to defund efforts to promote or pay for sex changes;
  • help pass a law "prohibiting child sexual mutilation on all 50 states"; and
  • direct his Department of Justice to investigate the pharmaceutical industry and various hospitals to determine whether they "deliberately covered up horrific long-term side effects of sex transitions in order to get rich."

Cole emphasized Monday, "Zero elected democrat politicians on the federal level have fought to keep children from getting sterilized or mutilated in the name of 'gender affirming care.'"

While radicals have renewed their attacks on the de-transitioner, her ad was otherwise well-received.

Elon Musk said, "Bravo!"

The parental rights advocacy group Courage Is a Habit tweeted, "Thank you for never stopping."

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