After His Murder, New York Times Assassinates Charlie Kirk’s Character
After Charlie Kirk was murdered, allegedly by a shooter who accused him of 'spreading hate,' the NYT falsely accused Kirk of making antisemitic statements.After Charlie Kirk was murdered, allegedly by a shooter who accused him of 'spreading hate,' the NYT falsely accused Kirk of making antisemitic statements.Trump wins: US Olympic Committee bans men from women's sports
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has announced monumental changes ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Inside its Athlete Safety Policy guidance, the USOPC quietly declared it would adhere to one of President Donald Trump's earliest executive orders from February.
In fact, while the guidance was issued in June, according to the New York Post, the committee updated its eligibility rules on Monday to add one of the most consequential changes in American sports history.
'It's hard to applaud an organization for merely following the law.'
In the added text, the committee said it is "committed to protecting opportunities for athletes participating in sport."
The policy continued, saying the "USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities ... to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201."
While the new policy is not blatantly clear, the executive order that it purports to align with most certainly is.
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Statement on USOPC Compliance with Federal Executive Order on Women’s Sports
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has directed all national governing bodies to comply with federal law and an executive order requiring that women’s sports categories be reserved for… pic.twitter.com/LjQQJHGjWs
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Executive Order 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports, has been used for months to justify the protection of women's sports and spaces by barring males from participating in "all-female athletic opportunities" or entering "all-female locker rooms."
Schools have continued to defy natural law, but the executive order has laid the ground work to allow the Department of Education to open investigations and apply punishments to offending institutions.
Since news of the USOPC rule change broke, women's sports activists and organizations have reacted positively to the news but have remained cautious in the amount of praise they give.
"It's hard to applaud an organization for merely following the law, but nonetheless, this is a win," NCAA champion swimmer Riley Gaines wrote on X.
The Independent Council on Women's Sports added, "We thank the Trump administration and the USOPC for taking this important step to preserve fairness and integrity in women's sports."
Speaking to Blaze News, former gymnast and national women's champion Jennifer Sey said there are still steps that need to be taken to ensure fairness at the upcoming Olympics.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee has announced it will comply with President Trump's Executive Order banning men from competing in women's sports.
It’s hard to applaud an organization for merely following the law, but nonetheless, this is a win.https://t.co/5gXR3CzZv4
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) July 22, 2025
"The USOPC has essentially agreed to comply with federal law. It seems unnecessary to applaud an organization for that, but here we are," Sey told Blaze News.
Sey noted that while she was "thrilled" that the Trump administration made the organization do the right thing, the policy lacks specific details.
"The next step must be to confirm they will test for sex to ensure compliance."
The former athlete said that a lot of people have been asking her what the new rules mean for the Olympics as a whole: "This is different than an outright Olympic ban in that it is only for the U.S., U.S. Olympic teams and competitors in the U.S. Olympic movement."
Sey continued, "Next, we need the [International Olympic Committee] to establish the same rules to ensure that women's sports in the Olympic Games are protected and for women only."
Hope is high for the IOC though, as newly appointed president Kirsty Coventry said in late June that she intends to "protect the female category, first and foremost."
Coventry added, "But we need to do that with a scientific approach and with the inclusion of the international federations who have already done a lot of work in this area."
For now, those who have worked hard to ensure fairness in women's sports seem dissatisfied with the vague wording the aforementioned organizations have used. Real change cannot come soon enough, with hundreds of women having already lost competitions to men, with more happening all the time.
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Trump VICTORY: University kicks men out of women's sports
In a massive win for the Trump administration — as well as women's rights — the University of Pennsylvania has modified a trio of school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas as part of a resolution of a federal civil rights case.
Even better, the university will announce that it “will not allow males to compete in female athletic programs” and must adopt “biology-based” definitions of male and female.
UPenn will also send a personalized letter of apology to each impacted swimmer, like Riley Gaines.
“There’s going to be a lot of people that are going to be eating their words on that, which is absolutely fantastic,” BlazeTV contributor Matthew Marsden tells BlazeTV contributor Eric July and BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales on “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered.”
“But, I’ve got to say this, like where are we that we are looking at this as a win, that now we’re saying that a man cannot swim in women’s races? I mean, it is, don’t get me wrong. I’m loving it. I’m loving the fact that Trump has done it,” he continues.
“I mean, some of the conversations that I’ve been having over the last four years, I’m like, ‘Wow, I wouldn’t even have thought we would have had those conversations ever.’ Like even the whole transitioning of children,” July responds, adding, “but for some reason, there’s doctors that are out there still operating, by the way, and performing these surgeries on minors.”
“That is where the world has gone. It is screwed up. Nothing makes sense,” he continues. “It’s more like a course correction.”
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Lia Thomas’ ex-teammate spills unheard details after UPenn apology and policy flip
On July 1, the University of Pennsylvania was forced to apologize and retract awards from transgender swimmer Lia (Will) Thomas after a federal investigation found the school violated Title IX by allowing him to compete on the women's team. Awards and titles were restored to their proper female competitors approximately three years after Thomas stole them. On top of that, UPenn banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports altogether.
Rest assured, “UPenn is not sincere in their apologies,” says Liz Wheeler, BlazeTV host of “The Liz Wheeler Show.” “They're just trying not to have their federal dollars taken away from them by President Trump.”
To get the insider scoop on what it was like to train with and compete against Thomas, Liz invites former UPenn swimmer Paula Scanlan to the show.
Paula recalls the first time she saw Will Thomas, who was a swimmer on UPenn’s men’s swim team before he decided he was a girl. She was a sophomore and only 19 years old when one day, a meeting was called and Thomas was brought before the team.
“He just looks at us and goes, ‘Hey guys, just wanted to let you know I'm transgender; I'll be joining your team next season. Please refer to me now with she/her pronouns, and I'll let you guys know soon what I'm going to rename myself to, but for now, you can keep calling me Will,”’ she says. “I actually thought this was a prank. … I thought [my coach] was just going to say, ‘Gotcha!”’
She quickly found out that it wasn’t a prank when anyone who did not refer to Thomas using female pronouns was labeled “hateful and transphobic.” Many of the female swimmers, however, welcomed Thomas with open arms. “I saw my teammates clapping. They were like, ‘We're so proud of you. We're so excited for you being your authentic self. Thank you for sharing this with us,”’ Paula recalls.
Confused, she looked up the NCAA handbook and sure enough found the “transgender inclusion handbook,” which states that “if a man wants to join a women's swim team, he just has to suppress his testosterone for one year [and] he’s good to go in any women's sport."
The season kicked off, and Paula and her teammates were forced not only to practice with and compete with Thomas, they were also forced to share a locker room with him. “We were dressing in the locker room with him 18 times per week,” she says, noting that swimming is not like other sports in that being naked to change in and out of swimsuits is a requirement.
“That aspect was really, really hard,” she says.
Some teammates raised concerns about sharing a locker room with Thomas, but these complaints were always filed “privately” to avoid being seen as bigoted. Publicly, most swimmers, even the ones who secretly begged coaches not to room them with Thomas at travel meets, cheered that UPenn was “progressing transgender rights.”
Paula, however, was “open” about her opposition to Thomas competing on the women’s team. She even conducted some “anonymous interviews” with media outlets to get the word out about the injustice the UPenn women’s team was experiencing.
But when word got out on the team that she was the one behind these secret interviews, Paula was ambushed by her progressive teammates. One of them sent her the following text message:
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“Now I think [the message] is funny,” says Paula, but “in the moment, I felt really alone and isolated in dealing with this.”
In the days following UPenn’s apology and restoration of awards to the proper winners, Paula hasn’t heard from many of her teammates. “Most of them agree with me. They just don't really feel comfortable saying that or sharing that,” which “shows why this was something that happened because if no one was willing to speak up, even though we all agreed, that's how the crazies were able to put in these nasty, wild policies.”
To hear more details of Paula’s story and the role she played in advocating for women’s rights, watch the video above.
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7 reasons why this was the best and worst Pride Month yet
July is here, which means we made it through another Pride Month! Since the 1970s when what used to be called just the gay community first started designating June as the month for gay rights advocacy, we’ve seen parades, events, and the like grow more extreme every year. Now, half the alphabet is employed to describe the ever-increasing number of gender identities; children are routinely dragged into the mix; and sexual fetishes are normalized and celebrated.
However, “this Pride Month in 2025 was very different than Pride Month 2024 or 2023 or 2022,” says Liz Wheeler. “Something in our culture has changed.”
On the latest episode of “The Liz Wheeler Show,” Liz listed out seven reasons 2025’s Pride Month was both the best and worst one to date.
1. Glenn Greenwald sex tape leaked
Just as Pride Month was kicking off, renowned investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald was swept into a scandal when a gay sex tape depicting him engaging in consensual acts that involved a maid’s outfit, fetish behavior, and acts of sexual humiliation was leaked in what he called a "maliciously political" attack.
“Greenwald exposed to the world quite literally what a homosexual lifestyle really is — the reality of the gay lifestyle,” says Liz.
When confronted about the tape, Greenwald “defended” his behavior and even claimed “he was proud.”
“I don’t think Glenn Greenwald brought a lot of people to the LGBTQ+++ side of the aisle this Pride Month,” says Liz.
2. Jojo Siwa likes men now
American singer, dancer, and actress Jojo Siwa launched her career as a child star on the reality TV show “Dance Moms” in 2015, later gaining fame through her vibrant YouTube presence, music singles, and colorful, bow-centric brand.
“[She's] identified as a lesbian from the time she was 17 years old,” but during Pride Month this year, Siwa confessed “she's in love with a man,” “they're talking marriage,” and “she no longer identifies as a lesbian,” says Liz.
But this wasn’t just a sudden change in preference. Siwa also confessed that she was “pressured” into identifying as a lesbian by the supposedly tolerant and accepting LGBTQ+ community.
“As a result of this bombshell revelation, Jojo Siwa was canceled by a massive Pride event” due to “a scheduling conflict,” says Liz, adding sarcastically, “Yeah, I bet it was a scheduling conflict.”
3. SCOTUS says parents CAN opt kids out of LGBTQ+ curriculum
On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Mahmoud v. Taylor that Maryland parents have a First Amendment right to opt their children out of public school classes using LGBTQ-themed storybooks, citing religious freedom.
“Parental rights won; grooming of children lost,” says Liz.
4. Trump put California on notice
President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from California after transgender athlete AB Hernandez, a 16-year-old biological male, won girls’ high jump and triple jump titles at the state track and field championships, stripping the rightful female winners of their titles.
Trump called the state out for violating Title IX and gave it 10 days to comply with his executive order, prompting the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) to adjust its rules. However, full compliance with federal law has not happened.
5. Target listened
During 2023 and 2024’s Pride Months, Target debuted Pride collections that included “tuck-friendly” swimsuits, LGBTQ-themed children’s and baby clothing, and pro-trans merchandise designed by a self-proclaimed Satanist.
Liz was one of millions who joined the nationwide boycott against Target.
And it worked. This year, the Pride collection has been replaced with patriotic Independence Day-themed merchandise.
“Now you walk into a Target and you see July 4 stuff – red, white, and blue fireworks, patriotism plastered on the walls,” and “you do not see ‘trans the kids’ paraphernalia,” Liz celebrates.
6. Riley Gaines: 1, Simone Biles: 0
In early June, Olympic gold gymnast icon Simone Biles lashed out at NCAA champion swimmer and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines when Gaines commented on a post from the Minnesota State High School League celebrating Champlin Park High School’s girls’ softball team, which includes a transgender pitcher. “Comments off lol. To be expected when your star player is a boy,” Gaines wrote.
Biles, in a now deleted tweet, responded: “You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!!”
A back-and-forth feud quickly sparked, with Gaines accusing Biles of being a “male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams” and Biles firing back with nasty character attacks, such as, “Bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.”
The dispute ended with Biles apologizing for her body-shaming comments and deleting her X account.
“Riley Gaines made gold medalist Simone Biles … the best female gymnast that ever lived … delete her X account,” says Liz. “If that’s not a win, I don’t know what is.”
7. Anti-ICE riots stole Pride parade media coverage
“You didn't see a lot of coverage this year of Pride parades, did you?” asks Liz. “No, instead we saw anti-ICE riots and really lame boomer No Kings Day protests.” Even better, “the anti-ICE riots were exposed as being paid-for, staged Marxist violence, and the No Kings Day riots were … pathetic, and the people involved in them were losers.”
To hear more of Liz’s analysis, watch the episode above.
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USA Today defends Simone Biles in Riley Gaines feud
Former swimmer Riley Gaines has proven herself to be a fierce advocate for women in sports, and her reaction to a Minnesota high school softball team’s championship win sparked a massive debate on social media.
Gaines alleged the transgender pitcher, Marissa Rothenberger, gave the team an unfair advantage.
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles doesn’t share Gaines’ concern.
“@Riley_Gaines_ You’re truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight-up sore loser,” Biles wrote in a post on X. “You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports. Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!!”
“But instead ... You bully them ... One thing’s for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around,” she added.
“This is actually so disappointing. It's not my job or the job of any woman to figure out how to include men in our spaces. You can uplift men stealing championships in women's sports with YOUR platform. Men don't belong in women's sports and I say that with my full chest,” Gaines responded.
USA Today appears to be taking Biles' side in the debate, with one of its columnists Nancy Armour defending Biles, claiming in an opinion piece that there’s “no scientific evidence that transgender women athletes have a physical advantage over cisgender women athletes.”
And while the statement appears silly to anyone who understands the very real difference of strength between men and women, very few important voices are willing to die on that hill in the midst of cancel culture.
Which is why it was over a decade ago that Serena Williams publicly admitted to the difference.
“Men’s tennis and women’s tennis are completely almost two separate sports. So like if I were to play Andy Murray, I would lose 6-0, 6-0, in five to six minutes, maybe 10 minutes,” Williams said on the "Late Show with David Letterman" in 2013. “The men are a lot faster, and they serve hotter, they hit harder. It’s just a different game.”
BlazeTV host Pat Gray is shocked to hear it from Williams.
“That is from the number one women’s player in the world,” Gray says on “Pat Gray Unleashed.” “And she knows all of that because she got beat by the 203rd ranked man in the world when she was at the top of her game.”
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'NULL & VOID': Male NCAA gymnast gives insane take on Simone Biles and men in women's sports
An NCAA gymnast launched himself into the debate about male athletes in women's sports following Olympian Simone Biles' remarks about activist Riley Gaines.
Samuel Phillips, a gymnast at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, weighed in on Biles' remarks after she called Gaines a "sore loser" for losing to a man (Lia Thomas) and "truly sick" for campaigning against the inclusion of men in women's sports.
Phillips not only piled on and threw more insults at Gaines, but he also made a bold claim about how Biles would fair in competitions against men.
'She would actually STEAL GOLDS from LOTS of the best Male floor and vault workers.'
"This whole fight between Riley and Simone is NULL & VOID because the basis of the right's attack is that she would lose medals in the men's gym category," Phillips wrote on X. "When in reality, she would actually STEAL GOLDS from LOTS of the best Male floor and vault workers. So their base is FLAWED."
Blaze News reached out to Jennifer Sey, a seven-time U.S. women's national artistic gymnast, to ask for her thoughts on how Biles would perform against men.
"I think it speaks more so to the fact that women's gymnastics has changed. It's about power not grace and flexibility," Sey replied.
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The XX-XY Clothing founder told Blaze News that now that men's and women's gymnastics are less differentiated than before, men would be "much more likely to be able to compete in women's and win."
Sey added, "What Phillips states is unknowable, but he's not wrong that Simone's skill level is otherworldly. That doesn't change the fact that men are stronger and more powerful overall, and if men entered women's gymnastics, they would displace women from medals and team spots."
Following his remarks about how well Gaines would do against men, Phillips launched his own attacks at Gaines on X, as well.
"Also Null and Void because Riley G.B. is in fact an evil spirited, loser mentality, unreliable, misinformed, hateful person."
Phillips then turned off replies to his remarks, while lashing out at Republicans on X.
"Muting the replies because every Maga cult member who comments on this has Baseless Arguments so elementary and rooted in fear. Nothing to debate about. You’re just here to fight and insight [sic] violence. Goodbye."
Although Biles issued an apology to Gaines, and Phillips shared it, he did not issue an apology or retraction of his own.
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In response to Biles' apology, Gaines said that while she accepted it, she thought some of the gymnast's ideas were "nonsensical."
Gaines welcomed Biles to fight alongside her in the fight to "support fair sports."
Biles has not issued anymore public comments, and her press team has not responded to multiple requests for comment from Blaze News.
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Simone Biles’ Attack On Riley Gaines Had Nothing To Do With ‘Empathy’
Wokeness has always fancied itself a movement rooted in empathy. In reality and in practice, it's a cult of self-hatred.Simone Biles apologizes to Riley Gaines for 'personal' attack but still falls short of admitting the obvious
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles walked back her "personal" attacks against former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines for her activism to keep women's sports for women only.
Biles called Gaines "truly sick" and a "sore loser" over her advocacy and said the former college athlete should be uplifting the "trans community" and trying to make sports more "inclusive."
'I was not advocating for policies that compromise fairness in women's sports.'
The backlash against Biles was nearly limitless across the internet, including on her social media pages, which may have been the catalyst for the gymnast's latest comments.
Biles returned to her X account to follow up on her remarks four days after the fact but fell short of stating men should not be able to participate in women's sports.
"I've always believed competitive equity & inclusivity are both essential in sport. The current system doesn't adequately balance these important principles, which often leads to frustration and heated exchanges, and it didn't help for me to get personal with Riley, which I apologize for," Biles, 28, wrote.
Without directly calling out the issue of transgender athletes, Biles referred to "sensitive, complicated issues" that she does not "have the answers or solutions" for.
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The seven-time Olympic gold medalist explained she was not "advocating for policies that compromise fairness in women's sports," but she did not say that men — or transgender women — should be barred from women's competitions, either. Instead, Biles focused on protecting children from public scrutiny, an idea she did not mention in her previous remarks from days prior.
"Individual athletes — especially kids — should never be the focus of criticism of a flawed system they have no control over," Biles continued. "I believe sports organizations have a responsibility to come up with rules supporting inclusion while maintaining fair competition. We all want a future for sport that is fair, inclusive, and respectful."
In response, Gaines said that while she accepted the apology, she thought Biles' idea of competitive equity "nonsensical."
"The boys are publicly humiliating the girls. To suggest that women and girls must be silent or ignore a boy who is PUBLICLY hurting or humiliating them is wrong," Gaines continued. "You can't have any empathy and compassion for the girls if you're ignoring when young men are harming or abusing them."
Gaines still noted she has not seen the gymnast "championing this effort" to keep men out of women's competitions but would welcome Biles in the fight to "support fair sports."
RELATED: USA Today obliterated online over bizarre claim about transgender athletes
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Biles' new comments drew plenty of reactions from athletes who have been directly impacted by men in women's sports, including those who commented on her statements from last Friday.
"Damage control time," wrote Taylor Silverman in a post on X. Silverman is a skateboarder who lost to a male in a women's competition.
"Here comes the woke mob. When you try to please everyone out of fear it makes you look worse. A swing and a miss from your PR team," she added in another post.
Paula Scanlan, who swam on the same team as infamous transgender athlete Lia (William) Thomas, replied to Biles on X: "Empathy and respect apparently involves making fun of someone for their looks. got it."
Scanlan was referring to Biles' prior comments, saying Gaines should "bully" someone her own size, which "would ironically be a male."
Overall, the predominant theme in the replies to Biles' post was that the new comments did not seem sincere, with many alleging they could have been carefully crafted by a public relations team.
For example, Fearless contributor Jason Whitlock asked, "Who wrote this? It took 48 hours to write this?"
Representatives for Biles did not respond to prior requests for comment or to an updated request regarding her latest remarks.
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