WNBA says security was wrong for telling fans to cover shirts opposing men in women's sports

 The WNBA and one of its teams say security officials were wrong to tell fans to cover their shirts expressing opposition to trans-identified men competing in women's sports. 

In a video posted on X Sunday, YouTube personality Adam Francisco spoke with a mother and daughter who were attending a WNBA game between the Atlanta Dream and the Indiana Fever.

"We were made to cover up our XX-XY shirts at this game," the mother said. XX-XY Athletics is an apparel company known for its outspoken opposition to trans-identified male athletes competing in women's sports. 

"They gave us T-shirts during overtime and told us we had to leave or cover our shirts," the mother added. Both the Atlanta Dream and the WNBA released statements weighing in on the controversy following backlash. 

"The Atlanta Dream believes in creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone.  Unfortunately, at last night's game, WNBA security took actions that fell short of that standard.  At no point was Dream personnel involved in the decisions made by WNBA security," the team stated in a message posted on social media Monday. 

The Atlanta Dream's PR account also shared a statement from the WNBA, which acknowledged that "The WNBA is aware of interactions at last night's game in Atlanta in which fans were asked by league security to cover their shirts" while insisting that "This should not have happened."

The mother-daughter duo said they paid $1,000 for their seats to show support for Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.

WNBA fans asked to cover shirts opposing men in women's sports | Sports

Chinese Communist Party-backed exchange program is infiltrating American schools, report warns

 China is influencing American K-12 classrooms and universities to shape how Americans view the country, according to a report by the watchdog group Defending Education.

Defending Education released its report "Little Red Classrooms" Thursday, stating that at least 83 universities and 26 K-12 schools across 30 states have participated in China's Young Envoys Scholarship (YES) program.

The YES program is run by the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), which facilitates study abroad opportunities for American youth “to deepen and expand cross-cultural understanding among countries.”

“These aren’t just cultural trips," Reagan Dugan, director of the education initiative at Defending Education, told The Christian Post. "They’re an integral part of China’s broader soft power strategy aimed at infiltrating America’s classrooms."

According to the report, CEAIE states on its Chinese website that it is guided by “Marxism-Leninism” and "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism" and must “always adhere to the leadership of the Party and integrate the Party’s work into the entire process of the association’s operation and development.”

Dugan noted that federal pressure resulted in the closure of Confucius Institutes “after Congress saw what they were.” 

Chinese Communist Party-backed program infiltrating US: report | Politics

The devil’s socialists: Karl Marx and the DSA

 I’ve been patiently waiting for sensibility to prevail in the current wave of elections that has bubbled to the top avowed communists who openly reveal their anti-America agenda. “Surely this will be the last one,” I think. But the wave continues, most recently with the crowning of Abdul El-Sayed, who won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Michigan by racking up impressive margins in progressive pockets and university settings (shocking!)

Heck, even Francesca Hong, the openly democratic socialist candidate for governor in Wisconsin, who campaigned on public grocery stores and a 17% state income tax, just narrowly lost, by about 4,000 ballots, to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. Thankfully, Thanksgiving came early this year to Wisconsin (ha, get it, Francesca?) But that’s too close for comfort.

The devil’s socialists: Karl Marx and the DSA

Where Jehovah's Witness Beliefs Really Come From

 

Former SPLC employee charged with fraud in paid informant investigation

 A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has been charged with fraud as part of a broader investigation into the far-left civil rights organization by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The DOJ announced Wednesday that a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, has returned a second superseding indictment regarding fraud charges against the SPLC, which included adding a defendant. In April, the grand jury indicted the SPLC on 11 counts that included wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The new defendant was identified as Heidi L. Beirich, a 59-year-old resident of Palm Springs, California, who formerly worked at the SPLC. She is being charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally insured bank.

According to this second superseding indictment, from 2007 to 2023, over $4 million in funds donated to the SPLC were secretly sent to persons associated with assorted violent extremist groups.

After the second indictment was unsealed on Tuesday, Beirich was served with an arrest warrant on Wednesday morning in the Central District of California.

“I believe she was part of the effort to open bank accounts in completely fictitious companies’ names and make payments to individuals for reasons that were not accurate as described,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference Wednesday.

“This is exactly what we said would happen in a case like this, which is that our investigators and the US attorneys and the agents working the case will can keep on working it even after the initial indictment.”

Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Montgomery, the SPLC rose to prominence for its legal efforts against the Ku Klux Klan and tracking of white supremacist hate groups.

The SPLC has garnered controversy in recent years for its listing of several conservative Christian organizations as hate groups over their opposition to the LGBT movement. The man convicted of a 2102 shooting at the Family Research Council office in Washington, D.C., cited the SPLC's online resources in helping identify his target.

The April indictment alleged that the SPLC, without the knowledge or consent of their donors, sent donations “to fund the leaders and organizers of racist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, and the National Alliance.”

Former SPLC employee charged with fraud in paid informant case | Politics

WNBA breaks silence on gender eligibility as debate over men in women's sports intensifies

 The WNBA has said there are "no immediate eligibility matters" impacting the league and denounced “bad-faith efforts” in the ongoing debate about trans-identified males competing in women’s sports following a league-wide meeting held after two former NBA players declared their eligibility. 

Team presidents and general managers met on Wednesday and discussed various topics, including how the women's league will handle issues related to gender, race, player safety and politics.

WNBA breaks silence on male athletes as debate intensifies | Sports

UN Stats Show Gaza As Well Fed as Germany and the UK

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UN Stats Show Gaza As Well Fed as Germany and the UK | Frontpage Mag