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September 2, 2025
Media
News

NBC Issues ‘Correction’ After Using ‘Wrong Pronoun’ for Transgender Mass Shooter.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: NBC News issued a “correction” for using the “wrong pronoun” to refer to Robin Westman, the transgender Annunciation Church mass shooter.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Transgender mass shooter Robin Westman, NBC News and four of its reporters.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The “correction” was issued on August 29, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “She used female pronouns.” – NBC News correction notice.

🎯IMPACT: The “correction” has sparked public backlash, with many questioning why NBC News is concerning itself with the pronouns of a child killer who confessed in his own writings that he knew he was not really a woman.

IN FULL

NBC News issued a “correction” on Friday after using “the wrong pronoun” for Annunciation Church mass shooter Robin Westman, formerly Robert, who killed two children and left over a dozen others injured in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week.

“CORRECTION (Aug. 29, 2025, 8:05 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article used the wrong pronoun for the shooter. She used female pronouns,” read the correction notice, added to a report on the shooting. Previously, the report had correctly referred to Westman with male pronouns.

According to the shooter’s journal, he knew he was “not a woman,” expressing regret about his transition ahead of the attack. “I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brainwashed myself,” he wrote. “I regret being trans… I wish I was a girl I just know I cannot achieve that body with the technology we have today. I also can’t afford that.”

Westman also reportedly wrote about being drawn to anthropomorphic animals, or “furries,” writing, “I like feeling sexy and cute but my face never matches how I feel. I hate my face.”

“Maybe that’s why I like furries so much. You can give yourself a new body and face,” he added.

Westman fatally shot himself after his attack.

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August 28, 2025
Culture
News

‘I Wish I Never Brainwashed Myself’ — Trans Church Shooter Regretted Gender Transition.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The transgender mass shooter who targeted the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, regretted his gender transition, reports reveal.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Robin Westman, a 23-year-old male-to-female transgender originally named Robert, carried out the attack. Victims included students and staff at the school.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The shooting took place on Wednesday morning, August 27, at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brainwashed myself,” Westman wrote in a manifesto-like document.

🎯IMPACT: The attack, which left multiple victims dead or injured, raises concerns about a growing number of disturbed transgenders engaging in extreme violence.

IN FULL

Robin Westman, responsible for yesterday’s mass shooting targeting Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during a morning prayer service, regretted his transgender transition. “I only keep [the long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brainwashed myself,” he wrote in a manifesto-like document uploaded to YouTube.

“I can’t cut my hair now as it would be an embarrassing defeat, and it might be a concerning change of character that could get me reported,” he continued, complaining that “It just always gets in my way” and that he would “probably chop it on the day of the attack.”

Elsewhere, he wrote, “‘I know I am not a woman but I definitely don’t feel like a man.”

Westman, who changed his name from Robert in 2019 to align with his transgender identity, inscribed phrases like “Kill Donald Trump” and “Where is your God?” on the firearms and firearm accessories he used to carry out his attack.

Hundreds gathered for a vigil led by community leaders and clergy, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) and Archbishop Bernard Hebda. Hebda highlighted the resilience shown during the tragedy, saying, “In the midst of that there was courage, there was bravery, but most especially there was love.”

Principal Matthew DeBoer and Pastor Dennis Zehren grieved the loss of two students aged eight and ten, saying, “No words can capture what we have gone through, what we are going through, and what we will go through in the coming days and weeks.”

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August 18, 2025
Culture
News

Lit Prize Scrapped Because Author Defended JK Rowling on Transgenderism.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Polari Prize, an LGBT literature award, has been paused after pro-trans backlash against author John Boyne—who has supported J.K. Rowling—being included on the longlist.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Author John Boyne, other longlisted authors, the Polari Prize’s organizers, and pro-trans ideologues.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The controversy began after the longlist announcement on August 1, culminating in the prize’s cancellation.

💬KEY QUOTE: “[J.K.] Rowling’s critics claim she is transphobic, the greatest sin of our time, and use the usual tedious hyperbole to demonise her.” – John Boyne

🎯IMPACT: The Polari Prize will not be awarded this year, and organizers plan to increase trans and gender non-conforming representation on future judging panels.

IN FULL

The Polari Prize, a prominent LGBT literary award in Britain, has been cancelled for 2025 amid pro-trans backlash over author John Boyne’s inclusion on its longlist. Boyne, best known for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, drew criticism in July for writing a newspaper article supporting Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s views in favor of women’s rights over transgender ideology.

In the article, Boyne, who is openly gay, referred to himself as a “fellow Terf” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) and defended Rowling. “Rowling’s critics claim she is transphobic, the greatest sin of our time, and use the usual tedious hyperbole to demonise her,” he said. Boyne also defended Rowling’s stance on women having access to safe, male-free spaces, accusing some of her critics of being “astonishingly complicit in their own erasure.”

After the longlist was made public on August 1, multiple authors withdrew their names in protest, describing Boyne’s statements as “disgusting” and “abhorrent.” One of the prize’s judges, Nicola Dinan, also stepped down, citing alleged concerns about inclusion and representation.

Boyne has maintained his position, stating clearly that his “views on trans rights have never changed” despite “endless harassment at the hands of both strangers and fellow writers.” Rowling, for her part, has said she is “Thinking of setting up an annual prize to celebrate the most craven, bootlicking capitulation to the Gender Taliban by a supposedly liberal organisation,” adding that the Polari Prize is a “strong contender for 2025,” with the Edinburgh Fringe and National Library “running them close.”

The Edinburgh Fringe recently stirred controversy after inviting males and females to use whatever public restrooms they preferred at events. The National Library of Scotland removed a book critical of gender ideology featuring essays from writers including Rowling, following pressure from the institution’s internal “LGBTQ+ network.”

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August 14, 2025
Health
News

Pro-Trans Org’s Influence Over Children’s Hospitals Exposed.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A medical watchdog group, Do No Harm, released a report criticizing the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) for pressuring hospitals to submit to gender ideology and promote child sex-change interventions.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Do No Harm, the Human Rights Campaign, and participating pediatric hospitals across the U.S.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The report was released on August 14, 2025, with findings applicable to pediatric hospitals nationwide.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Our report sheds light on how the HRC weaponized its so-called ‘Healthcare Equality Index’ to pressure pediatric hospitals into chemically and surgically castrating children.” – Dr. Kurt Miceli, Medical Director at Do No Harm.

🎯IMPACT: The report calls on healthcare workers to reject HRC’s policies, warning of the dangers of gender ideology in pediatric care.

IN FULL

Do No Harm, a medical watchdog group, published a report titled “How The Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index Infects Pediatric Hospitals With Gender Ideology,” exposing Human Rights Campaign (HRC) influence on pediatric hospitals. The report details how HRC’s Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) pushes hospitals to adopt policies that promote gender ideology and child sex-change interventions.

According to the report, HEI-participating hospitals are assessed on compliance with HRC’s gender ideology criteria, such as providing transgender-specific clinical services, establishing multidisciplinary gender clinics, and mandating HRC-approved gender training for staff. One such training advises hospital staff to ask children as young as three about their “gender identity” without their parents being present.

Dr. Kurt Miceli, Medical Director at Do No Harm and co-author, stated, “By capitulating to the HRC’s political scheme, hospitals have utterly betrayed patients, especially children struggling with gender dysphoria. If health systems care about providing high-quality pediatric care, then they should distance themselves from the HRC and its Index.”

The report notes that from 2019 to 2023, hospitals submitted over $100 million in claims for experimental treatments on children, including puberty blockers and breast and genital mutilation surgeries. In 2024, 41 pediatric hospitals participated in the HEI, with 20 earning a “perfect” score of 100, signaling full commitment to pediatric medical transition interventions and suppression of dissenting opinions.

Do No Harm urged healthcare workers to resist HRC’s policies and oppose the spread of gender ideology in pediatric care, stating, “It is time for courage. Employees of all levels employed at HEI institutions caring for children need to speak out against the trainings and policies that HRC brought in to promote gender ideology. Now is not the time to ‘go along to get along.’ The quiet majority must raise its voice.”

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August 13, 2025
News

Court Upholds State Ban on Transing Kids.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A federal appeals court overturned a block on an Arkansas law prohibiting transgender medical procedures for minors, allowing the legislation to take effect.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Arkansas lawmakers, and Republican officials, including Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin and Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on August 12 and pertains to Arkansas—the first state to pass such legislation.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This is a win for common sense—and for our kids,” Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

🎯IMPACT: The decision allows Arkansas to enforce its law, which has inspired similar legislation in over two dozen states.

IN FULL

An Arkansas law that bars medical professionals from inflicting transgender-related drug and hormone therapies or mutilation surgeries on minors can now be enforced, following a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In an 8-2 ruling issued Tuesday, the court overturned a previous block on the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which was originally passed four years ago.

The SAFE Act prohibits doctors from performing surgeries such as breast or genital removal on minors, prescribing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones, and referring children for such treatments. Lawmakers have cited the procedures’ often irreversible effects on fertility, bone density, and physical development as justification for the law.

“The question is whether this Nation’s history and tradition, as well as its historical understanding of ordered liberty, support the right of a parent to obtain for his or her child a medical treatment that, although the child desires it and a doctor approves, the state legislature deems inappropriate for minors. This court finds no such right in this Nation’s history and tradition,” the court’s majority wrote in their opinion.

The ruling closely follows a recent Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s similar ban on transgender procedures for minors. The Eighth Circuit judges referred to that case multiple times in their opinion.

The Arkansas law had been blocked since July 2021 by a district judge, following a lawsuit brought by four transgender minors and two medical providers. The plaintiffs argued the law violated the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses. However, the appeals court rejected their arguments, stating, “To the contrary, the Act does not classify based on transgender status. Like the Tennessee law upheld by the Supreme Court, the Act effectively divides minors into two groups. In one group are minors seeking drugs or surgeries for the purposes that the Act prohibits. In the other group are minors seeking drugs or surgeries for purposes the Act does not prohibit.”

Arkansas Republican leaders praised the court’s decision. “I applaud the court’s decision and am pleased that children in Arkansas will be protected from experimental procedures,” said Attorney General Tim Griffin.

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders added, “Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation law to protect kids from life-altering gender experiments is back in effect!”

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July 23, 2025
Wake Up Right
Sports
Sports

U.S. Olympics Ban Transgenders.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee got in line with the Trump administration and effectively banned men from competing in women’s sports.

The details: The revised policy doesn’t mention “transgender” athletes specifically, but confirms the committee would be in compliance with President Trump’s Executive Order 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, signed in February.

  • In its policy update, the committee said: “We’re ensuring women have a fair and safe competition environment

Zoom out: The shift comes after global backlash over recent competitions – namely Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who failed gender testing but won gold in the women’s welterweight boxing division at the Paris Games.

The numbers: A recent NBC poll found 75% of Americans oppose men competing in women’s sports – including two-thirds of Gen Z.

Looking ahead: The 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted in Los Angeles while Trump is still in office.

The last word goes to former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, who wrote on X: “It’s hard to applaud an organization for merely following the law, but nonetheless, this is a win.”

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July 21, 2025
News
Science

Mace Pushes Bill to End Taxpayer Funding of Fauci’s ‘Transgender Animal Experiments.’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced legislation to prohibit federal taxpayer funding for transgender animal research.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Rep. Mace and cosponsors Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Brandon Gill (R-TX), and Lauren Boebert (R-CO); White Coat Waste Project, and Anthony Fauci.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The TRANS MICE Act (HR 4512) was introduced in Congress in July.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This legislation brings accountability, ends taxpayer-funded cruelty, and ensures science serves the public, not ideology.” – Nancy Mace

🎯IMPACT: The bill seeks to end taxpayer funding for experiments altering animals’ biological sex and stop advancing political agendas through research.

IN FULL

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has proposed a bill to ban federal taxpayer funding for transgender animal research. This spring, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) paused such studies on mice, which had previously been examined during a House Oversight Committee hearing on animal cruelty. The research was authorized under former National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAD) Director Anthony Fauci.

The legislation, named the Transgender Research on Animals Now Stops and Money for Ideological Cruelty Eliminated Act (TRANS MICE Act), would bar federal funds from being used to “conduct, support, or fund (directly or indirectly)” research that alters an animal’s biological sex.

The measure focuses on research involving drugs, hormones, surgery, or other methods that modify an animal’s body to no longer align with its biological sex. Exemptions apply to animals that naturally change sex during their life cycle or have both male and female reproductive organs. Representatives Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Brandon Gill (R-TX), and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) cosponsored the bill.

“Americans are rightfully tired of seeing their tax dollars spent on wasteful experiments disguised as research while advancing a political agenda,” Mace said in a statement. “This legislation brings accountability, ends taxpayer-funded cruelty, and ensures science serves the public, not ideology.”

Anthony Belloti, president and founder of White Coat Waste Project, highlighted the group’s investigations and advocacy for exposing and opposing taxpayer-funded transgender animal experiments. He noted that grants from agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have supported similar studies, underscoring the need for the TRANS MICE Act. “Trump’s historic cuts have already saved thousands of animals and millions of taxpayer dollars,” Belloti added.

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July 15, 2025
Wake Up Right
Crime

Dem DA Won’t Charge Trans Sex Predator Who Tried to Abduct a Child.

A left-wing Colorado District Attorney (DA) plans to drop charges against a transgender sex offender accused of trying to abduct a child from an elementary school.

The details: Solomon Galligan, 33, a registered sex offender, was caught on surveillance video entering the playground at Black Forest Hills Elementary in Aurora in April 2024.

  • The creep tried to snatch a young child but tripped and took off running. He was later found by police.

Incompetent: After a court-ordered evaluation, Galligan was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and found mentally incompetent to stand trial.

  • Galligan will instead be sent to a mental health treatment facility.

Back up: Galligan was previously placed on the sex offender registry after being convicted of non-consensual sexual contact. He’s been in and out of jail for 12 years.

Did I mention he’s trans too? Galligan began hormone treatments in 2011 and publicly identified as transgender.

Backlash: DA Amy Padden, a Democrat, has faced fierce backlash for her decision to let Galligan skirt jail time.

  • Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, a Republican, is leading a recall effort, saying her “progressive attitude will not be tolerated.”

The last word goes to Solomon’s own niece, who told reporters: “This has been like the fourth time… How the hell did he get released?”

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July 3, 2025
Lauren Gallagher
SCOTUS
Sports

The Supreme Court Is Reviewing Transgender Sports Bans.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court will review state bans on transgender athletes’ participation in school sports amid two cases in Idaho and West Virginia.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. Supreme Court, West Virginia, Idaho, West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador, and the Trump administration.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the Save Women’s Sports Act because it complies with the U.S. Constitution and complies with Title IX.” — West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey

🎯IMPACT: The enforcement of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education, may become more stringent depending on how the Supreme Court rules. The position of the Trump administration and several conservative-led states is that forcing women and girls to compete with biological males who identify as transgender is discriminatory.

IN FULL

On Thursday, the Supreme Court decided to review state bans on transgender athletes participating in public school sports. Oral arguments will be heard this fall regarding two cases in Idaho and West Virginia focused on state laws that prevent biological males from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams.

West Virginia enacted the “Save Women’s Sports Act” in 2021, but a lower court ruling allowed a transgender athlete who goes by Becky Pepper-Jackson to compete in cross country and track teams. In April 2024, the US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Pepper-Jackson.

West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey said of the Supreme Court review in a statement, “It’s a great day, as female athletes in West Virginia will have their voices heard,” He added, “The people of West Virginia know that it’s unfair to let male athletes compete against women; that’s why we passed this commonsense law preserving women’s sports for women.”

“We are confident the Supreme Court will uphold the Save Women’s Sports Act because it complies with the U.S. Constitution and complies with Title IX,” McCuskey added. “And most importantly: it protects women and girls by ensuring the playing field is safe and fair.”

Raul Labrador, the Attorney General for Idaho—where a similar law protecting women’s sports from transgenders has also been blocked by judges—also expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court review, saying, “Idaho’s women and girls deserve an equal playing field.” He added, “For too long, activists have worked to sideline women and girls in their own sports. Men and women are biologically different, and we hope the court will allow states to end this injustice and ensure men no longer create a dangerous, unfair environment for women to showcase their incredible talent and pursue the equal opportunities they deserve.”

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July 2, 2025
Crime
UK

An Anti-Trump, Pro-Trans Pride Organizer Just Got 24 Years for Raping a 12-Year-Old Boy.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Stephen Ireland, co-founder of “Pride in Surrey,” was sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old boy after meeting him on a gay hook-up app.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Stephen Ireland, 41, and his co-defendant David Sutton, 27, were both convicted of multiple sexual offences against children.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The crimes occurred on April 19, 2024, at Ireland’s apartment in Addlestone, England. Sentencing took place at Guildford Crown Court on October 2024.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced… for child rape.” — J.K. Rowling.

🎯IMPACT: Ireland and Sutton were found guilty of a string of sexual offences.

IN FULL

Stephen Ireland, co-founder of England’s “Pride in Surrey” LGBT organization, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old boy he met on gay hook-up app Grindr. His co-defendant, David Sutton, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for separate offences, including making and distributing indecent images of children. Notably, Ireland was a prolific social media users, regularly chastising supporters of U.S. President Donald J. Trump and so-called trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) author J.K. Rowling for opposing child sex changes.

The crimes took place in Addlestone, Surrey, on April 19, 2024, after Ireland invited the boy—referred to in court as “Child A”—to his apartment. Child A, who had been reported missing, told police that Ireland and Sutton engaged in sexual activities with him, played pornography on a laptop, and provided him with a bong containing methamphetamine.

Judge Patricia Lees, presiding over the case at Guildford Crown Court, noted that Ireland “took advantage” of a vulnerable child. The court heard that Ireland supposedly believed the boy was 17 at first but later learned he was younger and chose to proceed regardless, telling the boy, “OK—we just have to keep it a secret.”

Further evidence revealed that Ireland and Sutton exchanged messages about the boy after the encounter, with Ireland describing the child as a “14-year-old baby” and sending Sutton a photo of him. The pair also discussed plans to procure another underage boy for Sutton’s birthday in 2022. Judge Lees condemned their actions, stating, “You definitely supported one another in your perversions.”

Ireland was convicted of multiple charges, including rape, causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and possession of indecent images of children. Sutton was found guilty of voyeurism and perverting the course of justice. Both men attempted to destroy evidence by deleting material from their phones after being released on police bail.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, regularly berated by Ireland on social media, noted that the pedophile “targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls” prior to his upcoming imprisonment “for child rape.”

Ireland has previously referred to Trump voters as “not inclusive and accepting of all… trans exclusionary, racist and narrow minded,” and said another Pride organizer who disagreed with him on transgenderism was “not what Pride stands for.”

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