Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) smeared Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife on Monday to argue that Thomas should recuse himself from a forthcoming case involving Donald Trump.Last week‚ the Supreme Court agreed to hear Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is constitutionally disqualified for the presidency. If Thomas rules in the case‚ Ocasio-Cortez argued on CNN that it would be a "scandal.""I think it's very clear Clarence Thomas‚ and‚ rather‚ his wife‚ Ginni‚ participated in the events of Jan. 6‚" Ocasio-Cortez told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper without evidence."And now what is likely going before the Supreme Court is a judgment as to whether an event that his wife participated in‚ that his wife has been investigated by‚ in the Jan. 6 committee in‚ qualifies as an insurrection‚" she continued. "And Clarence Thomas' decision on that one way or another‚ and overall the court's decision on that‚ would directly implicate his wife. "So this is just one of the most classic textbook conflicts of interest‚" she claimed‚ "and it would‚ frankly‚ be a scandal if he did not recuse himself." AOC on why she thinks Justice Thomas should recuse himself from Colorado ballot case www.youtube.com Cooper did not push back on any of Ocasio-Cortez's misleading claims.First‚ Ginni Thomas did not "participate" in Jan. 6‚ a reference in the American political vernacular to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6‚ 2021. She did‚ on the other hand‚ attend the pro-Trump rally that took place outside the Capitol hours before the violence broke out.Second‚ Ginni Thomas has not been charged with insurrection — or any crime‚ for that matter. If she had committed any wrongdoing related to Jan. 6‚ as Ocasio-Cortez suggested‚ then the Justice Department certainly would have prosecuted her‚ as the DOJ is aggressively prosecuting anyone who broke a law on Capitol Hill that day.Third‚ the Supreme Court is not going to decide whether Jan. 6 was an "insurrection." Rather‚ the question before the court is‚ according to Trump's petition for certiorari: "Did the Colorado Supreme Court err in ordering President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot?"The truth is: There is no evidence of the "textbook conflicts of interest" that Ocasio-Cortez claims exist. Instead‚ Democrats are engaging in an intimidation campaign to force Thomas to recuse himself based on the political views of his wife‚ a standard to which they hold no other leader. And if Thomas doesn't comply‚ Democrats will argue the court has been delegitimized‚ causing Americans to doubt the objectivity of the court‚ especially as it relates to novel cases involving Trump.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

If you’re tired of paying $16 for a BLT‚ look no further than the $15 minimum wage craze to place your blame. Restaurant owner and entrepreneur Brian Will knows this well — and was confronted by one of his friends because of it. His friend sent him a text while he was sitting in the restaurant that read‚ “Hey‚ Brian‚ I’m sitting here eating your BLT and at $16‚ you know it’s only bacon‚ lettuce‚ tomato‚ and bread right?” “I said‚ ‘You know Dan‚ let me break this down for you. I want to give you some perspective. That sandwich might cost $16 but we’ve got $20‚000 of rent in that building; we’ve got $6‚000 of utility; we’ve got $60‚000 of payroll; and then we’ve got our general OpEx expenses that all have to get paid for out of the gross profit margin in that sandwich‚’” he explains to Glenn Beck. The sandwich itself‚ Will explains‚ “has about $5 of actual food cost.” That leaves $11 of gross profit‚ but $2 of that goes to rent and utilities. $2.50 goes towards fixed operational expenses like TVs‚ music‚ mats‚ and towels. The labor to make the sandwich is $4.50. “That only leaves me with a profit of $2‚” Will tells Glenn. When COVID hit‚ his employees were getting extended unemployment benefits and didn’t want to come back to work. That’s when he made the switch to $15 an hour minimum‚ which has now jumped to $16.50 minimum. “That’s why we have to keep driving the price of these things up. Everybody wants to get paid‚ and they want a big salary. They want a living wage‚ but all that does is drive everything up‚” Will says. Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling‚ thought-provoking analysis‚ and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

Rather than focusing on being the best basketball team in the NBA‚ the Dallas Mavericks are more focused on implementing DEI and other woke practices. The team’s CEO‚ Cynt Marshall‚ says so herself. Dave Rubin plays the video of her boldly stating she will not hesitate to get rid of anyone who opposes DEI protocols. “We wanted to also focus on emotional safety‚ and I told the team these values would be on the walls‚ but more importantly‚ they would operate in the halls‚” Marshall explained‚ “so then we went through a series of sessions to really dig into those values and what it meant to have values-based employment at the Dallas Mavericks.” Marshall then implemented a “100 days plan” designed to “model zero tolerance.” Part of this plan included a “hotline” and a “complaint process” that would allow her to “purge what [she] needed to purge‚” insinuating that she fires anyone who isn’t on board with her woke protocols. Another part of the plan was to implement a “Mav’s women’s agenda” that revolved around “elevating‚ empowering‚ and educating women‚” as well as emphasize “cultural transformation‚ which is all the things around diversity and inclusion.” According to Marshall‚ her “200 initiatives” were necessary to “institutionalize an inclusive culture.” “This is the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks‚” sighs Dave. “Her job is to make the Dallas Mavericks basketball team as functional as possible‚ to win as much as possible‚ to make as much money as possible‚ to bring in the proper coach‚ proper GM ... so they have the best freaking basketball team.” And yet‚ “everything she talked about there had nothing to do with that.” Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations‚ free speech‚ and big ideas with Dave Rubin‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

A skinny dipper in Alabama recently took a plunge into Bass Pro Shops' aquarium. Sara Gonzales plays the clip of the naked man as he proudly cannonballs into the water display before‚ much like a fish‚ flopping over the side of the tank and crashing painfully to the ground below. “I have no idea if he was on something or if he was just having a mental health crisis‚” laughs Sara‚ or “maybe he was practicing his cannonball form?” However‚ all jokes aside‚ this incident does make one wonder how this man will be handled by law enforcement and the media. Will he be painted as a deviant who indecently exposed himself and recklessly damaged property? Or will he be painted as a victim as Bass Pro is castigated for having a hazardous water feature? According to Stu Burguiere‚ the latter is far more likely. “You know how this ends‚” he sighs. “He just fell out of a tank and fell down 10 feet on concrete. This is a lawsuit; he wins.” “When someone breaks into your home‚ you shoot them‚ and then you get charged with a crime‚ right? Like that's how the world works‚” he explains‚ adding that he’s sure the man will be painted as “the victim.” Sara agrees‚ adding‚ “This story highlights two separate problems in America: number one‚ the mental health crisis and number two‚ the epidemic of people suing for everything and getting paydays.”Want more from "The News &; Why It Matters?"To enjoy more rundowns of the top stories of the day‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

The World Health Organization‚ a specialized agency of the U.N. still regarded by some to be an authority on health matters‚ has assembled a task force to develop "a guideline on the health of trans and gender diverse people." Critics have blasted the WHO over this guideline development group‚ not only because it presumes at the outset that gender dysphoria must be entertained and that genital mutilation qualifies as "care‚" but because of the radical activists it comprises. One member in particular has prompted serious doubt over the value and seriousness of whatever recommendations the group might ultimately make: a French-Canadian man who calls himself Florence Ashley and describes himself as a "transfeminine activist‚ academic‚ and slut." The WHO‚ which has gone back to receiving hundreds of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars a year under President Joe Biden‚ announced on Dec. 18 that Ashley would be among the 21 appointees‚ predominantly transvestites and LGBT activists‚ who will meet in February to work on a guideline. The guideline they are to work on will supposedly tackle the "provision of gender-affirming care‚ including hormones; health workers education and training for the provision of gender-inclusive care; ... health policies that support gender-inclusive care‚ and legal recognition of self-determined gender identity." Ashley‚ an assistant professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in Canada‚ has already made clear where he stands on these issues. The radical transvestite claimed in a 2019 paper published in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry that "Unbounded social transition and ready access to puberty blockers ought to be treated as the default option‚ and support should be offered to parents who may have difficulty accepting their youth." He claimed in an article for the leftist blog Truthout that efforts to protect children from irreversible puberty blockers‚ genital mutilations‚ and LGBT propaganda are "rooted in racism and white supremacy." Reduxx reported that Ashley has also called for destructive puberty blocker drugs to be mandated as a go-to "gender creative youth." "Although taking puberty blockers is a form of medical treatment‚ it certainly facilitates exploration significantly more than letting puberty run its course; whereas puberty strongly favours cis embodiment by raising the psychological and medical toll of transitioning‚ puberty blockers structurally place transgender and cisgender hormonal futures in approximate symmetry‚" Ashley wrote. "Youth who take puberty blockers have their options wide open‚ their bodies unaltered by either testosterone or oestrogen." Extra to championing irreversible‚ sterilizing medications for confused children‚ Ashley has called for parents "who have difficulty accepting their child's gender identity and transition" to be subjected to re-education to resolve their "parental hostility and rejection of their trans child." The WHO appointee also argued in the Dalhousie Law Journal for the decriminalization of rape by fraud‚ specifically in cases where a transvestite has sex with a victim without indicating he isn't actually a woman as advertised. "To turn f***ing into a crime because the person's gender challenges the sexual identity of their consenting partners is an attempt to further entrench a cisheteronormative social order‚" wrote Ashley. Ashley himself has contemplated committing sexual assault by fraud‚ writing‚ "I can’t wait to have sex with a cishet guy and ask him: 'Oh babe‚ how does it feel f***ing a penis with your penis?'" The Post Millennial's Libby Emmons further highlighted that Ashley has argued against requirements that prospective victims undergo mental health assessments before receiving sex-change surgeries or taking hormone therapies. — (@) Leor Sapir‚ a political scientist and fellow at the Manhattan Institute‚ wrote‚ "I've been asked how it's possible that a reputable institution like @WHO can appoint as an expert to a clinical guideline panel an activist lawyer who demands that others use 'that b****' as a pronoun. And yet that's exactly what WHO has done." — (@) Reem Alsalem‚ the U.N. special rapporteur on violence against women and girls‚ lashed out at WHO‚ claiming it was taking a "one-sided‚" pro-medicalization approach to so-called "trans healthcare‚" reported the Guardian. Alsalem wrote to WHO's director general that the task force contained "significant unmanaged conflicts of interest." "Stakeholders whose views differ from those held by transgender activist organisations do not appear to have been invited‚" wrote the feminist special rapporteur. "Such stakeholders include experts from European public health authorities who have taken the lead on developing an evidence-based and consequently cautious approach to youth gender transitions (eg England‚ Sweden and Finland)." The WHO task force also includes former presidents of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health‚ an American lobby group that Reduxx indicated has "multiple ties to academics involved in either pro-pedophilia activism or pedophilia apologism." WPATH's latest "Standards of Care‚" reportedly developed in collaboration with the Eunuch Archive‚ a castration fetish forum that hosts erotica concerning the castration of children and other grotesque acts‚ calls for no age limits on sex changes for minors‚ reported the College Fix. Most appointees‚ including Ashley‚ suffered "strong‚ one-sided views in favour of promoting hormonal gender transition and legal recognition of self-asserted gender‚" Alsalem continued in her letter to the head of the WHO. "Not one appears to represent a voice of caution for medicalising youth with gender dysphoria or the protection of female-only spaces." The Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender‚ a large group of clinicians in the U.K. and Ireland‚ recently raised the question of why the WHO task force figured mutilations and chemical treatments were necessarily the best way forward. "There are no robust randomised-controlled trials supporting gender-affirming medical and surgical interventions‚ and therefore there are no studies which tell us about the efficacy of these interventions‚ in children or adults‚" the group said in a Jan. 4 statement. The CANSG also noted that allowing transvestites to claim access to the rights of the opposite sex has "harmful public health consequences‚" including on "women in prisons‚ in hospitals‚ in care‚ in mental health settings‚ women accessing services following domestic or sexual violence‚ and those that are dependent on other people for intimate care." "WHO is trusted the world over to produce reliable guidelines that take a human rights approach to promoting health equity. Given the rising controversy in this field‚ it would appear that WHO is out of touch with developments globally. We urge WHO to pause this guideline and rethink its approach‚" added CANSG. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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