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 Caldran Pool: The Irish government has frozen the bank account of an Irish teacher after his continued refusal to use gender-neutral pronouns for a student at Wilson’s Hospital School. Enoch Burke, who has spent more than 500 days in jail for refusing to comply with a court order, also had his salary payments halted. Burke attempted to withdraw funds from his Bank of Ireland account last week but found that he was unable to access his money. The account reportedly holds over €40,000—his personal savings from years of work. The Irish government and courts have frozen these funds and are set to seize them next week. Burke was previously jailed for contempt of court after refusing to comply with an injunction barring him from entering Wilson’s Hospital School, where he had been suspended following a dispute over the use of transgender pronouns. ... Requiring that a person pander to the delusions of a person who wants to identify as trans seems extreme.  It is equivalent to makin...

 Red State: ... The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, cites several plaintiffs, including most notably the Democratic National Committee (DNC), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). It's nice that Schumer and Jeffries got over their tiff long enough to join forces to stop the President from keeping non-citizens from voting. "In the United States of America, the President does not get to dictate the rules of our elections," the court filing reads. ... The suit's introduction goes on to suggest Trump was trying to "corrupt" the election process. Corrupting the process by ensuring only citizens vote. What a bizarre argument. ... It's efforts like this on the part of the Democrat party that make it glaringly obvious why they spent four years absolutely flooding the United States with illegal immigrants. They don't want election integrity. They ...

 Trending Politics: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wasted no time setting the record straight Wednesday after Politico published a lengthy report claiming that Elon Musk is on his way out of the Trump administration amid internal frustrations. Leavitt torched the piece, labeling it “garbage” and dismissing it as another example of Beltway media spin. Politico Capitol Bureau Chief & Senior Washington Columnist, Rachel Bade, tweeted Wednesday, “SCOOP: Pres Trump has told his inner circle & members of his Cabinet that @elonmusk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role.” “This ‘scoop’ is garbage,” Leavitt posted bluntly on X. “Elon Musk and President Trump have both publicly stated that Elon will depart from public service as a special government employee when his incredible work at DOGE is complete.” The report from Politico’s Bade suggested that Musk’s so-called “looming exit” was due to growing concerns inside the administration over his...

 Blaze: Journalist and filmmaker Robby Starbuck is responsible for enormous, multinational brands turning away from diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that have permeated throughout culture and business for more than a decade. Through Starbuck’s work, Anheuser-Busch, Ford, Harley-Davidson, and Walmart have all pivoted away from their allegedly firmly held beliefs on inclusion. In an exclusive interview, Starbuck told Blaze News that he holds no hidden agenda or malice toward particular brands or companies; rather, he simply does not agree with race-based hiring practices or funding for sex-based events that often flaunt disturbing content in front of children. “Being a dad” is his chief motivator, he said. “I don’t want my kids to grow up in a crazy country.” ... This was a smart move by companies who "pivoted away" from race and sex based hiring.  I always thought that hiring should be done on the merits of the person and not on identity politics.  When I becam...

 Blaze: Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a message Monday night to radicals: "If you take part in the wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, we will find you, arrest you, and put you behind bars." Bondi made clear that this was not an idle threat, noting that Cooper Frederick, 24, has been charged in connection with the March 7 firebombing of a Tesla dealership in Loveland, Colorado. "All of these cases are a serious threat to public safety," said the attorney general. "Therefore, there will be no negotiating. We are seeking 20 years in prison." The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that Frederick was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of malicious destruction and attempted destruction of property by fire and one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device. On March 7, just after midnight, Loveland Police officers responded to a report of arson at the local Tesla dealership, where similar incidents resulting ...

 DC Daily Journal: ... The numbers paint a grim picture. The national survey, conducted March 26-27 with 2,746 registered voters, found that 63% of respondents view the Democratic Party unfavorably. That’s not a blip; it’s a landslide of rejection. With a margin of error of just +/- 1.9 percentage points, the data is clear: Americans are fed up. Sure, the party’s approval ticked up a measly point from February’s poll, but it’s still a staggering 10 points below where it stood in October. Meanwhile, disapproval has climbed, hitting 63% last month—10 points worse than it was before the election. For years, Democrats have chased the applause of coastal elites and socialist firebrands like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders, while turning their backs on the working-class voters who once formed their backbone. The poll lays bare the consequences of that betrayal. When asked if they’d like moderate Democrats to work with the Trump administration to find common ground, ...

 Federalist Wire: ... A chilling video recently surfaced on TikTok, where a user issued a violent call to action against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The clip, posted by TikTok user belal_donq, urged viewers to “shoot at ICE agents on sight,” igniting a firestorm of controversy and prompting swift responses from law enforcement and social media watchdogs. “Shoot at ICE agents on sight. That’s right. If ICE agents are trying to take you or a loved one, shoot them on sight,” belal_donq declared in the video. He went on to argue that ICE agents have been arriving in unmarked vehicles, wearing masks, and lacking visible badges, making their identity questionable. “The way they’re pulling up with masks on, with unmarked vehicles, no badge, no nothing. It could be anybody. It can be gang members. You have every right to shoot at them,” he said, framing it as a potential self-defense scenario. “This would be the best self-defense case. You’re just in fear for your lif...

  Daily Mail: ... On Monday, Trump announced with typical grandiloquence: 'If they [Iran] don't make a deal, there will be bombing… it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.' Some observers believed this was just more hyperbolic rhetoric. But the Israeli source was clear. 'It's not just a crazy insistence. It's extremely important for the stability of Israel and the world.' Threats of military action against Iran's nuclear weapons programme have been made before. But there's now clear evidence that, this time, both the US and Israel intend to do more than just rattle their sabres. A week ago the US deployed a trio of B2 'Spirit' stealth bombers, accompanied by long-range refuelling assets, to its Chagos Islands base on Diego Garcia, bringing the total strength of the bomber force there to seven. This was significant because it's rare to see such a major concentration of these sophisticated – and expensive – assets...

 Prager U has a video that takes on the climate change mantra and shows that the observable data does not support it.  While I am not a climate change expert, my observation is that the weather has not changed dramatically in my lifetime.  The current temperature in this part of Texas is 58 degrees this morning with rain expected later in the day. See also: Climate Scolds Hardest Hit: CA Snowpack at Records Not Seen in Decades And:   Budget-Busting Climate Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Must Go

 Tim Hains: Antonio Gracias, a venture capitalist involved with Elon Musk's DOGE, said millions of illegal immigrants have been given Social Security numbers over the past four years, enabling them to sign up for Medicare and vote. "If I hadn’t seen this myself, I’m not sure I’d have believed it. I went through it myself, mapped it, and Elon is right—this is true," Gracias said at a GOTV event in Wisconsin on Sunday. They claim DOGE found 20 million dead people marked as alive by Social Security and that the number of Social Security numbers issued in 2024 was nearly ten times the number issued in 2021. "In 2021, you see 270,000 people; it goes all the way to 2.1 million in 2024. These are noncitizens getting Social Security numbers," Gracias said. "This literally blew us away—like, we went there to find fraud, and we found this by accident." "We found 1.3 million of them already on Medicaid," Gracias said. "We found by sampling that som...

 Newsmax: The Trump administration has frozen roughly $210 million in federal funds to Princeton University amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of antisemitism, according to an administration official who spoke with the Daily Caller. The official said the funding pause is not the final outcome of the investigation. "Princeton has perpetuated racist and anti-semitic policies," the official told the Caller, as reported by Reagan Reese on X. The U.S. Department of Education launched the investigation in April of 2024 following a January complaint filed by Zachary Marschall, editor-in-chief of the conservative website Campus Reform, the Daily Princetonian reported . Princeton joined several top universities, including Harvard and Yale , under investigation by the Department's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race or national origin at institutions receiving federal funding. Acco...

  Red State: ... California’s high gas prices are primarily a result of state policies, regulations, and taxes rather than price gouging, according to a study by Michael Mische of USC’s Marshall School of Business. After analyzing 50 years of gas prices, Mische found no widespread evidence of oil company greed but rather a regulatory environment that increases costs throughout the supply chain.  Mische  said : “The data is overwhelmingly compelling. There is no evidence of price gouging, either by gas station owners or refiners or oil producers in the state — at least widespread." “It is uniformly acknowledged that California has the most stringent regulatory … environment, for oil and gas companies in the world,” the study reads in part. “Regulatory oversight, irrespective of one’s (political) perspective, is layered into and accumulates throughout the supply chain, ultimately adding to the cost burdens of compliance for oil and gas industry operators, which, in turn, co...

 Matt Margolis: ... Questioning Assistant Attorney General nominee Brett Shumate, Kennedy systematically dismantled any justification for these sweeping judicial orders. "Mr. Shumate, what's a universal injunction?" Kennedy asked. Shumate explained, "Senator, a universal injunction is an order from a court enjoining the government in a way that goes beyond the parties to the case but applies nationwide or in some cases universally." Kennedy pressed further, asking, "What's the statutory basis for a federal judge issuing an order that affects people other than the parties before the court?" "I'm not aware of a statutory basis, Senator," Shumate admitted. "There is no statutory basis, is there?" Kennedy reiterated. "No, Senator," Shumate confirmed. Kennedy then challenged Shumate to name a Supreme Court ruling that interprets the Constitution to allow such injunctions. "Can you name me that case?" he asked....

  Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem · 21h Attacks on Tesla property are acts of domestic terrorism meant to inspire fear. @DHSgov will use every tool available to track down the perpetrators and bring them to justice. The attacks on Tesla only began after Elon Musk endorsed Trump.  I suspect these attacks are from anti-Trump activists who are trying to punish Musk because of his Trump support.  The DOJ needs to find the attackers and prosecute them. They are a threat to free speech, among other things. See also: Pam Bondi Cracks Down on Domestic Terrorism: Tesla Firebomber Faces 20 Years ...   “I’ve made it clear, if you take part in the wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, we will find you, arrest you, and put you behind bars. Today, I’m proud to announce that the Department of Justice has unsealed federal charges against another Tesla attacker. We’ve charged Cooper Frederick in the firebombing of a Tesla dealership that occurred on March 7 in Lovela...