Bigoted Dems Attack GOP Councilman Who Identifies as LGBT ‘Woman of Color’

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Bigoted Dems Attack GOP Councilman Who Identifies as LGBT ‘Woman of Color’

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Left-wing bigots attacked a Republican county councilman in Indiana after he came out as a “woman of color,” Slay News reported.

Ryan Webb— the Delaware County, Indiana councilman— made his big announcement in an April Facebook post.

“After much consideration, I have decided to come out and finally feel comfortable announcing my true authentic self,” Webb wrote. “It is with great relief that I announce to everyone that I identify as a woman, and not just any woman, but as a woman of color as well.”

Webb’s big news carried further implications regarding his sexual orientation.

“I guess this would make me gay/lesbian as well since I am attracted to women,” he added, noting that he was thrilled to “finally get that out there and start living life as my true self.”

Webb also jokingly suggested that he is “excited to bring some diversity to the county council,” noting that his black lesbianism was a first.

“Until today we didn’t have any females of color or LGBTQIAPC+++ on the council,” he continued. I’m glad that now we do!”

Webb’s announcement sent local leftists into hysterics.

Several members of the public sought to shame him during a council meeting, prompting Webb to respond, “You don’t get to question me.”

Soon after his initial post, Webb said that he and his family received death threats and leftists began to protest outside of his home.

“Our family has been receiving violent threats throughout the day from intolerant liberals who refuse to accept my decision to live my life however I choose,” he wrote, noting that he needs to protect his family, including six children, from protests that leftists organized at his house.

Webb also announced that he has been a victim of discrimination in another way: He identifies as being of Native American descent, which some on the Left have questioned.

“My American Indian heritage is not up for debate, although many would like it to be,” he said.

“It’s possible I may change my mind down the road,” he added, suggesting that “the process of identity exploration is complex” and that he may end his “personal journey” right back where he started.

Biden DHS to Ramp Up ‘Lawful Pathways’ for Illegals as Border Crisis Set to Explode

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Biden DHS to Ramp Up ‘Lawful Pathways’ for Illegals as Border Crisis Set to Explode

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security Department announced plans to ramp up legal pathways for illegal immigrants to become American citizens with a massive wave of new migrants anticipated in May, Just the News reported.

The announcement comes Title 42—a pandemic-era policy that kept illegal immigrants from entering the country—is set to sundown, thus letting in swarms of foreigners who have been accruing on the other side of the border in Mexico.

According to the report, approved by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, immigrants will be “processed” in a much more efficient manner as they seek citizenship.

Mayorkas dubiously claimed, without evidence, that the new initiative would “further reduce unlawful migration across the Western Hemisphere, significantly expand lawful pathways for protection, and facilitate the safe, orderly, and humane processing of migrants.”

After the expiration of Title 42, the DHS reassured Americans that the state “will return to using Title 8 immigration authorities to expeditiously process and remove individuals who arrive at the U.S. border unlawfully.”

The announcement claims Title 8 authority violations “carry steep consequences for unlawful entry, including at least a five-year ban on reentry and potential criminal prosecution for repeated attempts to enter unlawfully.”

It comes just days after an illegal immigrant who had been deported five times shot and killed members of a Honduran family and their guests on Friday night near Houston, Texas, triggering a manhunt with few to no leads as of Monday. Mayorkas refused to comment on the tragedy.

Since the beginning of the Biden administration’s de-facto open-borders policy, millions are estimated to have crossed over and been absorbed into the nation’s interior, many of them no longer tracked by immigration authorities. That has included not only dangerous gang and cartel members, but also many foreign nationals on the terrorism watch list.

Although DHS has regularly insisted that the border is not open and that it maintains operational controle, the department has continued to find ways to aid illegal immigrants “through a combination of expanded lawful pathways.”

Legal pathways include, but are not limited to:

  1. The expansion of access to CBPOne App, which allows illegals to schedule an appointment “make additional appointments available” with the Border Patrol, and facilitate “safe, orderly, and humane processing”
  2. A new family reunification parole process for citizens of Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Colombia. According to the report, “vetted individuals with already approved family-based petitions” will be released into the U.S. through this new system.
  3. The doubling of the number of refugees from the Western Hemisphere allowed entry into the United States. DHS noted that it plans to welcome “thousands of additional refugees per month.”

‘Insulting’: Bud Light Caught Trying to Save Face Hiring GOP Lobbyists

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‘Insulting’: Bud Light Caught Trying to Save Face Hiring GOP Lobbyists

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Anheuser-Bush, Bud Light’s parent company, is resorting to a group of former Republican Senate staffers to further advance its damage-control crusade after losing a whopping $6 billion in market losses over an infamous partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. 

The beer company tapped lobbying firm Origin Advocacy, LLC, to represent both companies on alleged “general policy regarding the alcohol-beverage industry.” Origin Advocacy was founded by Sean McClean, a former legislative director to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Emily Lynch, a former legislative aide to former Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C.

McClean also served as a White House liaison for the Department of Commerce under former President Trump and then-Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., who now sits in the Senate, according to a Fox Business report published Friday.

Origin’s efforts to save Anheuser-Busch are not being welcomed by all conservatives. Fox Business reported that the conservative group American Accountability Foundation (AAF). 

In a letter to Capitol Hill staffers, AAF president Tom Jones slammed Origin and Anheuser-Bush for “making the rounds on the Hill to red-wash Bud Light’s disastrous decision to partner with a man pretending to be a woman and tell you the company really does respect conservative values.” 

“They’re even making the shamefully offensive equivalency argument that their transgender activist beer can is just like their beer can honoring WWII vets,” Jones continued. “They’re telling offices, ‘Anheuser-Busch sometimes creates commemorative cans […] Honor Flight can [for] example.’ If partnering with a trans activist wasn’t shameful enough equating Dylan Mulvaney to a World War II hero is really beyond the pale.”

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., took to Twitter to mock “InBev corporate lobbyist” who attempted to get a hold of him.

“Some InBev corporate lobbyist called my office to say InBev was ‘very disappointed’ in my criticism Hahaha,” Hawley posted on April 14. “I know you guys aren’t from around here, but here’s a free piece of advice. Free yourself from the woke mind disease and make Bud Light great again”

Bud Light’s attempt to lobby GOP lawmakers comes days after Anheuser-Bush executives told its distributors that they will “spend heavily on the brand after spending fell off a click last year.”

The marketing executive who greenlighted the infamous partnership with Mulvaney was booted from the company and is now on paid leave. Executives at both companies said they were aiming to streamline the marketing decisions “so that our most senior marketers are more closely connected to every aspect of our brand’s activities” according to an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson. 

AAF said Anheuser-Busch’s efforts to save face should include a real apology to its conservative consumers. 

“If Bud Light wants to regain the trust of conservative customers, they should apologize for insulting their values by embracing the woke left’s radical gender agenda instead of wasting their money on lobbyists,” AAF said in statements to Fox Business. “Bud Light sided with the Left against the average American and no amount of D.C. lobbyists in fancy suits will make them forget that.” 

Anheuser-Bush CEO issued a statement amid the multi-billion-dollar loss in market value, claiming it was never their intention to be part of the transgender revolt. The apology, however, fell short for some conservative commentators, who dubbed it “clumsy” and “stupid. 

 

Mayorkas Refuses to Comment on Mexican Man Who Executed 5

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Mayorkas Refuses to Comment on Mexican Man Who Executed 5

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined to say whether a Texas man accused of murdering five of his neighbors, including an 8-year-old boy, execution style is in the country illegally. 

Francisco Oropeza, a 38-year-old Mexican national, gunned down his neighbors after he was asked to stop shooting his rifle outside his property to avoid waking a sleeping baby. The shooting and killing of the five occurred in the early morning hours of April 29, the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office said on a Facebook post. 

In an interview with NBC News’ Meet the Press, Mayorkas was asked by Chuck Todd, “There are some questions about his citizenship. He supposedly had a, I guessed they refer to it as a ‘consulate card’ from Mexico, meaning he was here legally but perhaps he overstayed.”

“Chuck, I won’t comment on it because it is an active case,” Mayorkas said. “The tragedy that occurred is, you described it correctly, just absolutely horrific.”

The Mexican suspect was allegedly firing shots from a rifle-style weapon outside his home in Houston. The neighbors, who are reportedly from Honduras, asked the suspect to stop because of a sleeping baby. Oropeza, who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, went inside the neighbors’ home and killed the five individuals in an executive style.

“Everybody has been shot from the neck up almost execution style,” a sheriff told local reporters Sunday.

The youngest victim was an 8-year-old boy. Five residents, including three children, survived the massacre, the New York Post reported.

 

Oropeza, who was initially cornered by law enforcement in a wooden area, remains at large.

“An extensive manhunt for Oropeza has not yielded his location,” the sheriff’s office said Saturday. “If you have any tips or information, please call our office immediately at 936-953-467. You can remain anonymous. Oropeza is considered armed and dangerous, do not approach or attempt to apprehend. Contact local authorities immediately.”

‘Lied Bold-Face’: Johnson Rips Blinken Over Plots to Protect Hunter

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‘Lied Bold-Face’: Johnson Rips Blinken Over Plots to Protect Hunter

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., joined Fox Business’ Sunday Morning Futures to talk about the latest developments in the congressional investigation into President Joe Biden’s foreign business dealings and whether Secretary of State Antony Blinken lied under oath when he downplayed his contact with Hunter Biden, the president’s son.

“Antony Blinken finally did come in and sit down for a voluntary transcribed interview in December of 2020 because he wanted to be Secretary of State,” Johnson told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “And now, because of more information that’s come out, we know that he lied bold-face to Congress about never emailing Hunter Biden. My guess is he told a bunch of other lies that hopefully we’ll be able to bring him and his wife back in, tell him to preserve their records. ‘You cannot trust Joe Biden. You cannot trust Hunter Biden. You can’t trust the Biden family. You can’t trust so many of the people that they have surrounded themselves with.’” 

Johnson’s comments referred to emails first uncovered by Fox News that show that Blinken held a meeting with Hunter at the State Department in July 2015. At the time, Blinken, who was then serving as Deputy Secretary of State, emailed Hunter frequently. 

“What do you do when you have an effect co-conspirator of the Biden family inside the agencies, inside our intelligence agencies, the Department of Justice, the FBI,” Johnson continued in the scathing statements. “And you have the political party, the Democrats, who couldn’t care less, have no interest in the corruption that is being uncovered bit by bit as we pull back the layers of the onion here.” 

Host Bartiromo asked the GOP senator whether Blinken lied under, to which the senator answered affirmatively.

 “Yes, he did—he said he did not email Hunter and now we have those emails,” Johnson concluded. “We also know his wife using her private email address when she was an employee at the State Department was basically as conduit between her husband and Hunter Biden as well. So, again, I think there’s so much more to uncover here. There’s so much more investigation. He needs to be subpoenaed.”

Earlier this week, Blinken came under fire after former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell testified to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees that Blinken, then a Biden campaign “played a role in the inception” of the infamous intel letter that sought to label Hunter’s laptop scandal as Russian disinformation. 

Several GOP lawmakers called on Blinken to resign over his role in the scheme to dismiss the laptop scandal. 

Johnson demanded Blinken be subpoenaed and for all email records to be maintained.  

“He needs to be subpoenaed,” he said. “I don’t have subpoena power. He got to come in just voluntarily. If he wants to proclaim his innocence, I doubt he’ll do that, but he must and she must preserve their records, their personal emails.” 

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Elon Musk Launches AI Company

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Elon Musk Launches AI Company

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Elon Musk is reportedly working on launching an artificial intelligence company, even though he previously talked about the possible dangers that humanity may face from the rapidly-evolving technology.

According to the Daily Wire, Musk is currently in talks with Jimmy Ba, an AI researcher at the University of Toronto, about launching a firm called X.AI. The entrepreneur also hired senior researchers from DeepMind, an AI research laboratory owned by Google, so that they would work at Twitter.

The move comes after Musk canceled a relationship between Twitter and OpenAI, the startup that created ChatGPT. According to Musk, the company was not paying Twitter enough for the data.

Musk — a co-founder of OpenAI — resigned his seat on the company’s board of directors five years ago because he was concerned about the rapid development of AI in recent weeks.

Despite these concerns, other news outlets also confirmed that Musk wants to launch alternative AI initiatives. According to a report from the Information, Musk recruited Igor Babuschkin, a researcher who formerly worked at DeepMind and OpenAI, to develop an alternative to ChatGPT, which he characterizes as “woke” because the system produces biased, leftist responses.

On Wednesday, Musk also met with members of Congress to discuss the possibility of regulating AI at the federal level. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who participated in the discussion with Musk, recently unveiled a broad regulatory framework that will attempt to “increase transparency, responsibility and accountability” for AI systems while “reducing the potential for misuse” or promoting “misinformation and bias.”

“That which affects the safety of the public has, over time, become regulated to ensure that companies do not cut corners,” the world’s current second-richest man said after the meeting. “AI has great power to do good and evil. Better the former.”

China to Release Journalist Who Reported on COVID After 3-Years

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China to Release Journalist Who Reported on COVID After 3-Years

(Headline USA) Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case said.

Fang Bin and other members of the public who were dubbed citizen journalists posted details of the pandemic in early 2020 on the internet and social media, embarrassing Chinese officials who faced criticism for failing to control the outbreak. The last video Fang, a seller of traditional Chinese clothing, posted on Twitter was of a piece of paper reading, “All citizens resist, hand power back to the people.”

Fang’s case is part of Beijing’s crackdown on criticism of China’s early handling of the pandemic, as the ruling Communist Party seeks to control the narrative of the country.

He was scheduled to be released Sunday, according to two people who did not want to be identified for fear of government retribution. One of them said Fang was sentenced to three years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a vague charge traditionally used against political dissidents.

The Associated Press could not independently confirm his release and could not confirm the details with the authorities.

Two offices of Wuhan’s public security bureau did not provide a phone number of their information office or answer any questions. Phone calls to a court that reportedly sentenced Fang rang unanswered on Sunday afternoon. A woman from another court that had reportedly handled Fang’s appeal said she was not authorized to answer questions.

In early 2020, China was under a 76-day lockdown, its streets were deserted for months, apart from ambulances and security personnel.

At that time, a small number of citizen journalists tried to tell their stories and those of others with smart phones and social media accounts, defying the Communist Party’s tightly policed monopoly on information. Although their movement was small, the scale was unprecedented in any previous major disease outbreak or disaster in China.

But the information they posted soon got them into trouble. Fang and another citizen journalist, Chen Qiushi, disappeared in February.

Chen in September 2021 resurfaced on his friend’s live video feed on YouTube, saying he had suffered from depression. But he did not provide details about his disappearance.

Another citizen journalist, Zhang Zhan, who also had reported on the early stage of the outbreak, was sentenced to four years in prison on charges of picking fights and provoking trouble in December 2020. About eight months later, her lawyer said she was in ill health after staging a long-running hunger strike.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

ABC Censors RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Claims in Interview

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ABC Censors RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Claims in Interview

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) ABC News edited a Thursday interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. because he dared to question the COVID-19 vaccine narrative.

According to the Daily Caller, Kennedy opposed the beliefs about the COVID-19 vaccine of Linsey Davis, a woman who interviewed him. Davis later told the viewers that the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate spread “false claims” about the experimental shot. Instead of exposing ABC viewers to different points of view, the network aired a part of the interview where Davis pressed Kennedy on his own family’s disagreements with his views on vaccines instead.

“We should note that during our conversation, Kennedy made false claims about the COVID-19 vaccines,” Davis said after the interview.

“Data shows that the COVID-19 vaccine has prevented millions of hospitalizations and deaths from the disease.”

“He also made misleading claims about the relationship between vaccination and autism. Research shows that vaccines and the ingredients used in the vaccines do not cause autism, including multiple studies involving more than a million children and major medical associations like the American Academy of Pediatrics and the advocacy group Autism Speaks,” she added.

ABC aired the part of the interview where Davis confronted Kennedy over his claims that there is a correlation between vaccinations and autism.

“Wait a minute, who debunked it?” Kennedy asked Davis in the non-censored portion.

“We have not seen any kind of scientific connections from the CDC, the World Health Organization…” she replied.

To this, Kennedy responded by saying that these organizations are a part of the system that pushes the vaccines to people.

When he was confronted about the fact that some of his own family members stated that they won’t vote for him in 2024, Kennedy — one of eleven children — said that he can’t expect everyone in his family to agree with his views or vote for him.

On May 19, 2019, two of his siblings, Kathleen and Joseph II, and his niece Maeve Kennedy McKean wrote a piece that was published in Politico Magazine calling his position on vaccines “tragically wrong” and “dangerous.”

His sisters, Kerry and Rory, also shared the position of his other relatives by saying that, even though they admire his position regarding the environment, they won’t be able to vote for him due to his position on vaccines.

Mass Shooting Suspect Unaccounted For

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Mass Shooting Suspect Unaccounted For

(Headline USA) The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard stretched into a second day Sunday, with authorities saying the man could be anywhere by now.

Francisco Oropeza, 38, fled after the shooting Friday night that left five people dead, including an 8-year-old boy. San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said Saturday evening that authorities had widened the search to as far as 20 miles from the scene of the shooting.

Investigators found clothes and a phone while combing a rural area that includes dense layers of forest, but tracking dogs lost the scent, Capers said.

Police recovered the AR-15-style rifle that Oropeza allegedly used in the shootings but authorities were not sure if he was carrying another weapon, the sheriff said.

“He could be anywhere now,” Capers said.

The attack happened near the town of Cleveland, north of Houston, on a street where some residents say neighbors often unwind by firing off guns.

Capers said the victims were between the ages of 8 and 31 years old and that all were believed to be from Honduras.

A total of three children found covered in blood in the home were taken to a hospital but found to be uninjured, Capers said.

FBI spokesperson Christina Garza said investigators do not believe everyone at the home were members of a single family.

The victims were identified as Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25; Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18; and Daniel Enrique Laso, 8.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Tribe to Determine if School May Keep ‘Warrior’ Mascot

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Tribe to Determine if School May Keep ‘Warrior’ Mascot

(Headline USA) The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather jutting up, is tiled into a high school hallway, dyed into the weight room carpet and laid into the turf of the football field at Salamanca city schools.

School leaders say the logo and “Warrior” name for the school athletic teams are sources of pride here, in the only U.S. city built on land leased from a Native American reservation.

But as New York moves to ban schools’ use of Indigenous nicknames, the tribe may have the last say over whether the logo stays. When the state Board of Regents this month voted to prohibit public schools’ use of Indigenous names, it included an exception for districts that receive written approval from a federally recognized tribal nation in New York.

The Seneca Indian Nation’s leader has endorsed the ban, but citizens of the nation want to keep the logo, which was designed by a Seneca artist in the 1970s. About 38% of students in the public school system south of Buffalo, near the Pennsylvania line, are Native American, mostly citizens of the Seneca tribe.

“The logo really represents us as a community,” said Marijah Skye, a 17-year-old student and Seneca citizen.

On Tuesday, the school board authorized seeking approval from the Seneca Nation to keep the logo and Warrior nickname. The Seneca Nation did not immediately issue a decision.

New York is one of at least 20 states that have taken or are considering action to cancel Native-themed mascots used by public schools, according to the National Congress of American Indians, which tracks the issue.

Nationwide, 966 districts have Native “themed” mascots, according to NCAI’s database, with “Braves,” “Chiefs,” “Warriors” and “Indians” the most widely used. A push to do away with such mascots gained momentum with a campaign targeting the name of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, which caved to cancel culture in 2022.

In Salamanca, school officials have been preparing for the possibility of change, soliciting community input at forums and surveying students. Beehler said the majority, but not all, of those who weighed in supported the continued use of the logo and Warriors nickname.

Salamanca resident Michala Redeye, a Seneca citizen, said Native and non-Native residents have largely united around keeping the logo. That’s notable in a city that has seen divisions over issues including the property tax-exempt status of Native residents and the city’s required lease payments to the Seneca Nation.

“I feel like a lot of the comments and stuff that has been put out there about the logo reminds people of why they’re in the community, what they love about the community. They’re tied to being a Salamanca Warrior,” said Redeye, who coordinates Native American programming in the schools.

Several students who belong to the Seneca Nation said the image stirs a sense of pride.

“It’s widely known,” 14-year-old Jaxon Crouse said, “especially around territory as a school, and it’s kind of just the community.”

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

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