After banning CRT, Gov. Ron DeSantis signs law requiring all students learn ‘evils of communism’ and ‘real patriots’ who escaped it

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed three bills into law Tuesday that target education and require the teaching of the "evils of communism" and more.

Earlier this month, DeSantis officially banned the teaching of critical race theory from all public schools across the state.

What are the details?

In signing the bills, DeSantis — an outspoken conservative — said, "The sad reality is that only two in five Americans can correctly name the three branches of government, and more than a third of Americans cannot name any of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. It is abundantly clear that we need to do a much better job of educating our students in civics to prepare them for the rest of their lives."

"The bill," he continued, "also expands our previous efforts in civics to add a requirement for the high school government class that students receive instruction on the evils of communism and totalitarian ideologies. We have a number of people in Florida, particularly southern Florida, who’ve escaped totalitarian regimes, who’ve escaped communist dictatorships to be able to come to America."

The Florida Republican also added that it’s imperative for the state’s children to understand why someone would take dangerous steps to flee their communist home country for America.

"We want all students to understand the difference. Why would somebody flee across shark-infested waters, say, leaving from Cuba to come to southern Florida?" he said. "Why would somebody leave a place like Vietnam? Why would people leave these countries and risk their lives to be able to come here? It’s important that students understand that. Now as part of this bill, Florida will create a ‘Portraits in Patriotism’ library so students can learn about real patriots who came to this country after seeing the horrors of these communist regimes."

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What else?

The bills include House Bill 5: Civic Education Curriculum, requiring the Florida Department of Education to create an "integrated K-12 civic education curriculum that includes an understanding of citizens’ shared rights and responsibilities under the Constitution and Bill of Rights."

The bill particularly targets high school civics curricula, requiring comparative discussions of "political ideologies that conflict with the principles of freedom and democracy essential to the founding principles of the United States, such as communism and totalitarianism."

Senate Bill 1108: Education states that all public tertiary education institutions require students to take a civic literacy course and subsequent examination as a graduation requirement.

"The bill further requires high school students to take a civic literacy assessment that has no high stakes consequences," the bill notes.

House Bill 233: Postsecondary Education requires that all state colleges and universities "conduct annual assessments of the viewpoint diversity and intellectual freedom at their institutions to ensure that Florida’s postsecondary students will be shown diverse ideas and opinions, including those that they may disagree with or find uncomfortable."

(H/T: The Daily Wire)

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Brett Favre Blasts Olympics Allowing Trans Athletes To Compete Against Women: ‘It’s A Man Competing As A Woman’

Football legend Brett Favre blasted the Olympics for allowing biologically male transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.

Favre made the comments in relation to the announcement earlier this week of former men’s weightlifter Laurel Hubbard being permitted to compete in the upcoming Olympic Games against biologically female competitors. Hubbard’s representation of New Zealand makes the weightlifter the first openly transgender athlete at the Games.

“It’s a man competing as a woman,” Favre said on his podcast, Fox News reported. He added: “That’s unfair.”

“If I was a true female — I can’t believe I’m saying that — and I was competing in weightlifting and lost to this person, I would be beside myself,” said Favre.

“It’s not fair for a man, even if this person wants to be a woman or feels compelled — if you want to become the opposite sex, that’s fine. I got no problem with it. But you can’t compete against — males cannot compete against females,” he said.

Favre also commented on transgender BMX Freestyle rider Chelsea Wolfe, who made recent news for remarks the athlete made last year about hoping to burn the American flag on the Olympics podium. As noted by Fox, Wolfe has qualified as an alternate for the upcoming Games.

Wolfe shouldn’t be allowed to compete, Favre contended.

“I wouldn’t have her participate in my Olympics; go participate for somebody else. To say that is such a slap in our country’s face. I can’t believe this person can be allowed to participate for our country,” he said.

Favre is certainly not the only athlete to speak out in protection of girls and women’s sports. As highlighted by The Daily Wire, Olympic medalist Sharron Davies criticized the Olympics for separating sport by so-called gender identity, rather than sex.

“We have men & women’s separate competition [for] a BIG reason, biology in sport matters,” Davies posted via Twitter. “Separate categories give females equal opportunities of sporting success.”

The swimmer added that “the average age of a female Olympic weightlifter is 23,” while “Laurel Hubbard is 43. 30% unfair advantage! Sex not gender [for] sport.”

Back in 2019, Davies sounded off on her goal to help protect women’s sports, tweeting, “I have nothing against anyone who wishes [to] be transgender. However, I believe there is a fundamental difference between the binary sex [you are] born with & the gender [you] may identify as. To protect women’s sport those with a male sex advantage should not be able [to] compete in women’s sport.”

“Please please take a look & tell me how this is not going to negatively effect (sic) women’s sport?” Davies wrote in another post, captioning a meme that highlights recent transgender athletes cleaning up against biological girls and women in their respective sports.

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Buffalo Bills player Cole Beasley reacts to COVID vaccine backlash, says he’s prepared to quit football: ‘My values are more important to me than a dollar’

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley railed against the NFL’s new and very rigid COVID-19 protocols for training camp and the preseason. Beasley proclaimed that he is prepared to walk away from the NFL, "My values are more important to me than a dollar."

The NFL and NFL Players Association agreed upon new COVID-19 protocols, which are far more critical of unvaccinated players than those who are fully vaccinated. Unvaccinated players will face daily COVID-19 tests, must wear a mask in the team facility and during travel, and are barred from leaving the hotel to eat at a restaurant. First violations of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols can result in a $50,000 fine.

Some NFL players voiced their displeasure with the new restrictions as well as the NFLPA. One of the more outspoken players against the strict rules is Beasley, who on Thursday called the restrictions "crazy" and said the NFLPA is a "joke."

There was swift backlash to Beasley’s opinions on the NFL’s COVID-19 rules, to which he responded to his critics with an even more powerful stance against the new restrictions.

Beasley began his response captioned by declaring, "Hi, I’m Cole Beasley, and I’m not vaccinated!"

"I will be outside doing what I do. I’ll be out in the public. If (you’re) scared of me, then steer clear, or get vaccinated. Point. Blank. Period," he tweeted on Friday. "I may die of COVID, but I’d rather die actually living."

"I have family members whose days are numbered," Beasley said in response to the NFL’s rules that prohibit players from having more than 15 people at their home," Beasley added. "If they want to come and see me and stay at my house then they are coming regardless of protocol."

Beasley, who has two years and roughly $11.9 million remaining on his contract with the Bills, seemed to hint that he is willing to quit or be fired from the NFL over his COVID-19 vaccine stance.

"I don’t play for the money anymore. Fine me if you want," Beasley stated. "My way of living and my values are more important to me than a dollar."

"I’ll play for free this year to live life the way I’ve lived it from Day 1," Beasley said. "If I’m forced into retirement, so be it. I’ve enjoyed the times I’ve had … So either way, it’s a win-win."

"I’m not going to take meds for a leg that isn’t broken," he wrote on Twitter. "I’d rather take my chances with COVID and build up my immunity that way … That is my choice based on my experiences and what I think is best."

"I love my teammates and enjoy playing ball because all the outside BS goes out the window in these moments," Beasley continued. "I just want to win the Super Bowl and enjoy these relationships that will be created along the way."

"Thank you for everyone who has been supportive throughout this process," the wideout said.

Beasley said, "a lot of other NFL players" agree with his position on coronavirus vaccinations, but "aren’t in the right place in their careers to be so outspoken."

"I’m hoping I’m doing my part to represent you guys well," the second-team All-Pro wide receiver concluded.

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Fellow Bills receiver Isaiah McKenzie reacted to Beasley’s impassioned message, "I see you out there fighting brotha love it."

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In May, Beasley emphasized, "I don’t have a problem with anybody getting the vaccine. That is your choice. My problem is everyone is ridiculing and bullying people … into getting one or thinking the same way about it. It’s becoming that way with any issue. This is not OK."

Last month, In May, Bills general manager Brandon Beane answered a hypothetical question about unvaccinated players, which he revealed that he would be inclined to cut an unvaccinated player if it helped the franchise reach an NFL threshold to relax COVID-19 restrictions. However, the NFL reportedly informed Beane that the team could not release a player solely due to his vaccination status.

In 2020, Beasley caught 82 receptions for 967 yards, both career highs.

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Scientists Admit Lab-Leak Hypothesis Was Valid Last Year – But Kept Quiet Because Of Trump

Scientists Admit Lab-Leak Hypothesis Was Valid Last Year – But Kept Quiet Because Of Trump

Last month, a group of 18 scientists published a letter calling for a deeper investigation into the origins of COVID-19 which would give serious consideration to the lab-leak hypothesis – which posits that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Now, several of those scientists, including MIT and Harvard geneticist Alina Chan, admit that scientists avoided the lab-leak hypothesis because they didn’t want to be associated with then-President Trump, according to NBC News.

Chan said there had been trepidation among some scientists about publicly discussing the lab leak hypothesis for fear that their words could be misconstrued or used to support racist rhetoric about how the coronavirus emerged. Trump fueled accusations that the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a research lab in the city where the first Covid-19 cases were reported, was connected to the outbreak, and on numerous occasions he called the pathogen the "Wuhan virus" or "kung flu."

The shift reflects how some scientists who previously avoided the topic or were quick to dismiss it are grappling with enduring uncertainties about the virus’s origin, free from the politicization that clouded such discussions during the Trump administration.

So while America was told to follow the science, scientists chose to play politics.

"At the time, it was scarier to be associated with Trump and to become a tool for racists, so people didn’t want to publicly call for an investigation into lab origins," said Chan.

Those who have ‘come around’ in recent months are also pointing to China’s lack of transparency.

There are three primary theories circulating, according to the report:

  • The virus evolved naturally before spilling over into humans from an infected animal.
  • The virus evolved naturally, but an employee at the lab became infected from a sample and accidentally "leaked" it into the community.
  • Scientists at the lab were manipulating virus samples and accidentally or intentionally released the pathogen.

 "If we had a pandemic that was sourced near to a BSL-4 lab in the U.S., the first thing you would be asking is if they were working with that pathogen in that lab," said Andrew Reed, an expert on evolutionary genetics of infectious diseases and a professor of biology at Penn State – who cautioned that while the lab leak is plausible, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the most probable explanation (it is).

As the Daily Wire notes, "David Asher, who led the Trump administration’s investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, said in an interview last month that he had biostatisticians from the U.S. government calculate that the odds of the coronavirus evolving from nature and they estimated that it was about 1-in-13 billion."

If only ‘the science’ had been more interested in facts than politics, we’d be further down the road of accountability:

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FALLEN ANGELS: Victoria’s Secret Recruits Megan Rapinoe and Transwoman for Desperate Rebrand

The Golden Age of Victoria’s Secret and the “Angels” has come to an end. Women everywhere will be excited to learn that the likes of lesbian Megan Rapinoe and a transgender woman are the brand’s new image. And if you don’t think that’s sexy, you’re a bigot.
Victoria’s Secret has been in decline for some time now. Poor business management, scandalous associations between the owner Les Wexner and the late pedophile Jeffery Epstein, changing sensibilities with the toxic #Metoo movement, and a global pandemic the corporate giant has been faced with a plethora of internal and external issues.
Now, in their darkest hour, Victoria’s Secret is desperately grasping at a complete brand turn-around. Inclusivity is Victoria’s Secret do-or-die strategy. The classic allure, style, and femininity of their products are likely to be sacrificed in this endeavor. The iconic Victoria’s Secret Angels are now considered out of vogue, backwards, and unappealing to women’s modern feminist sensibilities.
The brand’s new head to The New York Times:
"When the world was changing, we were too slow to respond,” said Martin Waters, the former head of Victoria’s Secret’s international business who was appointed chief executive of the brand in February. “We needed to stop being about what men want and to be about what women want.” 
Apparently Megan Rapinoe, the World Cup Soccer Champion and rabid leftist is what women want. The soccer star will be joined by actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sudanese-Australian model Adut Akech, freestyle skier Eileen Gu, Brazilian transgender model Valentina Sampaio, plus-size model Paloma Elesser, and journalist Amanda de Cadenet in this rebrand attempt. Selecting a transwoman (a fake woman) to represent feminine beauty is deeply insulting to women everywhere.
Thank the Lord and His great mercies though, as none of these characters will actually model lingerie. Rather, they comprise Victoria’s Secret’s new initiative called “The VS Collective” —  “leading icons” and changemakers” to “shape the future of the brand.” A 10-episode podcast will be produced in which each of these “women” share their stories, “inspiring change and positivity.” (Perpetually angry Rapinoe is bringing the positivity?) Effectively, Victoria’s Secret is providing another unwelcome outlet for a group of annoying feminazis to spew more woke garbage. Seems like a bad move, and one that might make sales tank even more. 
Rapinoe critiqued  Victoria’s Secret’s previous image as being “really harmful;” that it was “patriarchal, sexist, viewing not just what it meant to be sexy but what the clothes were trying to accomplish through a male lens and through what men desired. And it was very much marketed toward younger women.” (She’s a lot of fun, isn’t she?)
When she was first approached for the role, Rapinoe admitted she was surprised. “Of course there will be people who are like, ‘Does this make sense?’” How intuitive. There are a lot of people wondering that. Victoria’s Secret might as well call it quits now. 
The company is pursuing more inclusive marketing to include “the ugly commie demographic” as bluecheck Kurt Schlichter hilariously commented on Twitter. Perhaps, in this fallen world where the traditional, true understandings of beauty and femininity are so warped, this is the most lucrative decision. It is both sad and comical. Usually, the saying goes “go woke, go broke,” but in this case, Victoria’s Secret is broke and now going woke as if that is the best strategy towards renewing its success. 
 
Credit to @grandoldmemes for the meme.

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Tucker Carlson claims FBI agents ‘almost certainly’ helped plot the Jan. 6 Capitol siege

In an explosive segment on Fox News Tuesday night, Tucker Carlson alleged that federal law enforcement agents may have been responsible, at least in part, for organizing the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a fact which, if true, raises serious questions about the federal government’s response to the events that day.

What happened?

At the outset of his monologue, Carlson bluntly asked, "Speaking of January 6th, why are there still so many things, basic factual matters, we don’t know about that day?"

"Why is the Biden administration preventing us from knowing? Why is the administration hiding more than 10,000 hours of surveillance tape from the U.S. Capitol? What could possibly be the reason for that?" he continued. "We need to get to the bottom of it. They could release those tapes today, but they’re not. Why?"

Then Carlson, using reporting from Revolver.news, a right-wing media outlet, alluded to the presence of several so-called "unindicted co-conspirators" in Justice Department charging documents. These individuals, often identified as "Person One," "Person Two," and so on, seemed to play a significant role in the orchestration of the attacks that day, but have not been charged with any crimes.

As it relates to these individuals — of whom Revolver reports "upwards of 20" — Carlson asserted: "The government knows who they are, but the government has not charged them. Why is that? You know why. They were almost certainly working for the FBI. So FBI operatives were organizing the attack on the Capitol on January 6, according to government documents. And those two are not alone."

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It should be noted, however, that Carlson’s assertion that the "unindicted co-conspirators" are almost certainly FBI agents is pure conjecture at this point. He cannot know who they are because the government has chosen not to name them.

Furthermore, in a rebuttal piece, the Washington Post cited legal experts in saying, "The government literally cannot name an undercover agent as an unindicted co-conspirator."

The news outlet added that there are several reasons that might result in someone being listed as an unindicted co-conspirator — none of them involving their actions as a federal agent. It could be that their identity is unknown, there is insufficient evidence against them, or they have secured leniency from government for their cooperation in the prosecution of others.

What else?

In any case, Carlson and Revolver.news attempt to bolster the claims by pointing to an interesting exchange that took place between Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and FBI Director Christopher Wray in March, in which Wray appeared to confirm that his agents were active in infiltrating as many dissident groups as they possibly could.

While the line of questioning at the congressional hearing was hypothetical and somewhat indirect, the inference is clear, so Carlson suggested: The FBI was likely involved with the three dissident groups recognized as primary instigators of the Capitol siege — the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and the Three Percenters.

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In making his case, the Fox News anchor was clear to articulate a distinction between the FBI engaging in undercover activity to observe criminal behavior — which he said is needed — and the FBI actually organizing violent action.

"There’s a huge difference between using an informant to find out what a group you find threatening might do, and paying people to organize a violent action, which is what happened, apparently according to government documents, on January 6," he explained.

He suggested that the latter type of behavior crosses a line and added that the FBI has crossed that line before, most recently during the thwarted kidnapping plot of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).

Anything else?

Carlson’s inflammatory accusations immediately prompted backlash from the left-wing media publications, which labeled the claims "wild," "baseless," and a "conspiracy."

Others called it "legally impossible" and "dead wrong."

Legal blog Law & Crime pointed out that "it is not common for federal court documents to refer to undercover agents or criminal informants merely as ‘persons.’ Under common DOJ parlance, Informants are referred to asConfidential Human Sources‘ (‘CHS’), and agents are referred to as ‘Undercover Employees‘ (‘UCE‘), as the Revolver story itself points out."

Nevertheless, even after significant blowback, Carlson doubled down on his claims Wednesday night.

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Nolte: Victoria’s Secret Seeks to Destroy Brand with Spokeswoman Megan Rapinoe


So Victoria’s Secret, a decades-old brand premised on sexy fun, is looking to deliberately destroy itself by appointing — lol — the humorless and brittle Megan Rapinoe as its new spokeswoman.

The humorless and brittle Rapinoe will not be alone in what can only be a Producers-style conspiracy to sabotage Victoria’s Secret from within. Among others, joining Rapinoe will be Valentina Sampaio, a male model who identifies as a woman, and plus-size model Paloma Elsesser.

Yeah, where do I sign up for that catalog…

More from the Daily Mail:

Former chief executive Cynthia Fedus-Fields added that although it was ‘probably time for the Angels to go’ the brand had to find a way to ‘move forward while maintaining existing customers.’

She continued: ‘If it was a $7billion business pre-Covid [Chinese coronavirus], and much of that $7billion was built on this blatant sexy approach, be careful with what you’re doing’.

Well, obviously, no one’s being careful. So someone in charge must already be planning to short-sell the stock.

What you have here is not a corporate move meant to expand a thriving business, but one meant to smooch the backside of this country’s left-wing elite, to pander to the Woke Gestapo. Newsflash: These are not the people who purchase expensive lingerie. Instead, all their money goes towards narcotics, bail, rubber women, tattoos, video games, strap-ons, and D-batteries.

There is no poll anywhere in the world, not even from the fake media, that backs up the idea the general public is anywhere close to embracing this anti-human nature woke horseshit. Outside of a tiny group of fetishists, no one finds obesity attractive, no one wants to see a guy in a dress, and no one wants to hear from Megan Rapinoe — whose only claim-to-fame is perfecting the art of sounding like your first wife as she Luxury Whines. And allow me to add this…

NO ONE wants to think of any of this when they’re thinking about sex, and that’s what Victoria’s Secret is supposed to be about, SEX.

Sex is supposed to be sexy! Sex is supposed to be fun! Sex is supposed to be carefree!

Is it Opposite Day at Victoria’s Secret? Because cross-dressing, obesity, bitterness, and humorless have as much to do with sexy and fun as CNNLOL does with the news.

This is going to be a blast to watch, especially when the competitors come along to scoop up what will be a wide-open market for women who are not bitter harridans but cool and funny and eager to appear sexy for the men they love.

And there’s simply no way on earth these new executives at Victoria’s Secret don’t know this. The disastrous ratings alone for all the bathing suit-free beauty contests should be warning enough.

Megan Rapinoe might be very much at home in a coffee house screaming out slam poetry about her Vegan dreams about the Prius replacing the penis, but Victoria’s Secret?

Oh, yeah, this is going to be a blast to watch.

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Group backed by George Soros, House Democrats, pushes for radical socialist ‘Third Reconstruction’

A group funded by infamous left-wing megadonor George Soros and backed by dozens of progressive House Democratic lawmakers kicked off a yearlong campaign to advocate for radical socialist policy reforms this week.

The group, known as the Poor People’s Campaign, announced earlier this year its intentions, starting in June, to organize mass assemblies promoting progressive laundry list items such as automatic voter registration, minimum wage hikes, free health care, free college, reparations, welfare for illegal immigrants, and the abolishment of ICE.

As a way to kick off the campaign, the group announced plans for a "Moral March" protest against Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W. Va.) over his recent decision to oppose H.R.1, a sweeping federal election reform bill.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, the group was buoyed following the death of George Floyd by a sizable grant from Soros’ Open Society Foundations through the organization’s $220 million "anti-racist" initiative. It is supported by 30 House Democrats, including outspoken Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).

The outlet noted that in a news release announcing the grant, Open Society Foundations touted groups like the Poor People’s Campaign, which are "fighting for an end to policing as we know it."

Alex Soros, the foundation’s deputy chair, added, "This is the time for urgent and bold action to address racial injustice in America."

In the "Third Reconstruction" resolution on its website, PPC states: "[We] recognize that these times require moral policies aimed at fully addressing the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, poverty, the denial of health care and ecological devastation, militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism, as a third Reconstruction to build an equitable, thriving, and resilient economy from the bottom up."

To accomplish that goal, the group advocates for the implementation of federal living wage laws, a guaranteed annual income, guaranteed housing, "relief from student debt, housing debt, utilities debt, medical debt, and other household and personal debt," the "demilitarizing" of the southern border, and much more.

One senior GOP Senate aide described the resolution as the "next Green New Deal," the Free Beacon reported.

The outlet added that "in 2018, the group organized ’40 Days of Action,’ which resulted in thousands of arrests" as "protesters in dozens of states held sit-ins at government offices and blocked roads while demanding local legislators pass hikes to the minimum wage and expand welfare benefits."

Here’s more about the campaign:

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