'Banned words': Iowa middle school teacher bans students from saying 'Diddy party,' 'hawk tuah,' and even 'Ohio'



An Iowa social studies teacher produced a long, physical list of "banned words" and threatened to punish students if they are heard using them.

Iowa teacher Leah Ingraham from the Fremont-Mills Community School District allegedly put the poster of forbidden terms in her classroom for her seventh-grade students to see.

The list of "banned words" contains everything from jokes to references to pro-masculinity words.

Starting off seemingly as a joke, the first term on the list was "Diddy party," followed by "diddler."

Students are also seemingly banned from using terms like "alpha, beta, omega," and "sigma," which are typically related to terms like alpha male.

More obscure and unknown references included a ban on saying "baby oil," "skibiti (toilet)," and even the word "Ohio."

It's unclear why Ohio was chosen, but some definitions on the Urban Dictionary said that it could be used to say a person is bipolar or freaking out. This is apparently based on the state's unpredictable weather.

The middle school students are also explicitly banned from "barking," "meowing," telling "fat jokes," and telling "LGBT+ jokes."

The list had several spelling mistakes, including "refrences" and "gigga."

Lastly, students are banned from using online terms such as "rizz," which essentially means being good at flirting, "womp womp," meant as an onomatopoeia for failure, and "talk or hawk tuah."

The latter refers to online personality Hailey Welch and her podcast. Welch is known for starring in a viral video in which she talked about sex acts.

In the bottom corner of the banned words poster, students are warned that if they "say any of these words" they will "owe Ms. Ingraham a 30min detention."

List of banned words posted at Fremont-Mills Community School District in Tabor, Iowa.Photo courtesy Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression first covered the story after a parent of one of the students sent the organization the photo.

The foundation told Blaze News that it has sent a letter to the Fremont-Mills Community School District over free speech concerns. The foundation has not heard back from the district.

'Students have First Amendment rights, and they don't shed those rights when they put on their backpacks.'

National Desk reported, however, that school Principal Kurt Hanna said, "The grievance in question was previously addressed with the complainant [and] will be investigated further after more information was received this afternoon."

Hanna added that "internal reviews of classroom procedures and practices" are regularly conducted with the district.

FIRE's Aaron Terr called the teacher's decision "terrible" and a signal that "words can be arbitrarily banned."

"Students have First Amendment rights, and they don't shed those rights when they put on their backpacks," Terr added.

The foundation said its ultimate goal was to teach students that their right to free speech will be threatened throughout their lives and that students should speak up when that happens.

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Homeowner who fatally shot break-in suspect told 911 that intruder had gun; wife, child also in residence



The Ohio homeowner who fatally shot a break-in suspect early Sunday morning told a 911 dispatcher that the intruder had a gun; the homeowner also told 911 that his wife and child were with him in the residence at the time of the break-in.

WXIX-TV provided transcripts of the West Chester homeowner's call to authorities:

Dispatcher:“Is anybody shot?”
Homeowner: “I just shot someone — he [broke] into my house.”
Dispatcher:“I know that he broke into your house and you shot him, but where did you shoot him at?”
Homeowner:“He’s in my living room, he has a gun.”
Dispatcher:“Is he breathing?”
Homeowner:“I’m not sure.”

The station said the homeowner told 911 that his wife and child were in the home when the break-in and shooting occurred. Here's another call transcript from WXIX:

Homeowner:“How long is it going to take for them? I heard multiple gunshots like two minutes before he [broke] into my house.”
Dispatcher:“OK, so you heard him shooting?”
Homeowner:“Yes, like 10 or 12 times. It was upstairs before.”

The homeowner, who said he lives on the second floor, first heard shots fired on the third floor prior to the intruder breaking in, the station said.

The homeowner told police he heard a noise on his balcony, found an intruder in his residence, and shot the intruder.

Other residents who live in the same apartment complex or nearby were frightened and worried, WXIX said, citing two other 911 calls. One caller who said she's a mother told 911 that she heard loud banging and noises for hours — and then gunshots, the station said.

“It’s going again, there’s another bang — one, two, three, four, five shots fired. This is like the 10th or 11th shot,” the woman told 911, according to WXIX. “I’m sorry, I have to get my girl out of here. I don’t know what’s going on, OK?”

The homeowner who opened fire said he didn't recognize the suspect, the station reported.

Isaiah Erickson, 22, of Colerain Township was killed, WXIX said, citing the Butler County Coroner’s Office. Erickson was taken to the University of Cincinnati West Chester Hospital and later pronounced dead, the station added.

The homeowner has been cooperative with police, West Chester police spokesperson Barb Wilson told WXIX. West Chester is about a half hour north of Cincinnati.

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Homeowner says he heard noise on his balcony early in the morning, found intruder in his residence. But homeowner was armed.



An Ohio homeowner told police he heard a noise on his balcony early Sunday morning, found an intruder in his residence, and opened fire.

West Chester police spokesperson Barb Wilson told WXIX-TV the suspected intruder later died at a hospital. West Chester is about a half hour north of Cincinnati.

'If this goes to trial (and it should not), put me on the jury. I’ll thank him for saving future break-ins and possibly people’s lives and send him on his way.'

Police were called to the 7500 block of Shawnee Lane around 5 a.m., Wilson told the station, adding that a preliminary report indicates the homeowner heard suspicious noises on his balcony and discovered an intruder in his home.

Wilson told WXIX the homeowner is being cooperative with police.

The Cincinnati Enquirer said authorities didn't identify the male home invasion suspect.

A neighbor told the station in an on-camera interview that the incident was "very shocking and disturbing. I never expected anything like that to happen around here."

The neighbor — who lives across the street from the apartment complex where the incident occurred — added to WXIX that she wonders what led to it and is now concerned for her children's safety.

How are others reacting?

Commenters under the WXIX Facebook post about the incident seem sympathetic to the homeowner:

  • "Well ... that's the risk he assumed by choosing being a criminal instead of a decent productive citizen," one commenter wrote. "Condolences to his family, but he reaped consequences of poor choices, and there's personal accountability. No one to blame but [himself]."
  • "This is the American way!" another user exclaimed.
  • "Thank God for 2A," another commenter noted.
  • "Taxpayers' money saved," another user said. "Don't enter where you aren't supposed to be, and you won't get shot."
  • "If this goes to trial (and it should not), put me on the jury," another commenter requested. "I’ll thank him for saving future break-ins and possibly people’s lives and send him on his way."
  • "Guess he won’t be doing that anymore ..." another user observed.
  • "No crime by the homeowner," another commenter declared.

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Chuck Schumer-affiliated PAC messed up big time, boosting a Republican who just took a Senate seat



Post-McConnell Republicans now control the U.S. Senate, thanks in part to a Democratic super PAC closely affiliated with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

Although Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) has been in office for nearly two decades, he appeared particularly vulnerable this election cycle. The Duty and Country PAC, funded by the Schumer-linked Senate Majority PAC, meddled in the 2024 Ohio Republican primary in hopes of boosting the weaker of Brown's potential challengers in hopes of keeping the Senate seat.

It had no idea it would be helping the man who would ultimately unseat Brown: the Trump- and Vance-backed Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno.

'Exactly the type of MAGA fighter that we need in the United States Senate.'

The New York Times reported in March that Duty and Country, which had been running ads on behalf of Brown in Ohio, blew roughly $2.7 million to run an ad across the state characterizing Moreno — then facing off with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan — as an ultraconservative aligned with President Donald Trump.

While the ad was on its face negative, it highlighted views and credentials that might resonate with likely Republican voters.

"MAGA Republican Bernie Moreno is too conservative for Ohio," said the ad. "In Washington, Moreno would do Donald Trump's bidding. That's why Trump endorsed Moreno, calling him 'exactly the type of MAGA fighter that we need in the United States Senate.'"

Dolan told NBC News at the time, "National Democrats are putting millions of dollars behind Bernie Moreno in the waning days of this primary because he is damaged, unelectable and incapable of defeating Sherrod Brown."

"Democrats constantly underestimate the America First movement at their own peril," said Reagan McCarthy, Moreno's communications director. "They thought President Trump would be easy to beat in 2016 and then they got their clocks cleaned when he demolished Hillary Clinton. The same thing is going to happen to Sherrod Brown this year."

Of the two, McCarthy was right.

'You're fired, buddy.'

With 92% of the vote in, Decision Desk HQ indicated that Moreno beat Brown 50.2% to 46.4%, netting over 220,000 more votes.

"What we need in the United States of America is leaders in Washington, D.C., that actually put the interests of American citizens above all else. We're tired of being treated like second-class citizens in our own country. We're tired of leaders that think we're garbage and we're tired of being treated like garbage," the soon-to-be senator said in his victory speech.

Moreno then singled out Schumer, saying, "Chuck Schumer, if you're watching, thanks for the help in the primary, but you're fired, buddy."

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