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Published by BOOM Live By Hazel Gandhi A doctored video showing US President Joe Biden mocking transwomen and making derogatory transphobic remarks at a recent address is circulating with claims that he has come out against the trans community. Several Facebook posts have lauded Biden for the comments that he can be heard making in the morphed video. BOOM found that the video has been edited and overlaid with an audio where Biden is heard making the transphobic remarks; in the original clip, Biden is talking about the aid offered to Ukraine by US and NATO. In the morphed viral video, Biden can be heard saying, “You … Read More View the full article

Published by Fadeaway World By Aikansh Chaudhary Magic Johnson explains why he is extremely proud of his son, EJ. Magic Johnson is one of the biggest superstars to ever play in the NBA. He was the heart and soul of the Showtime Los Angeles Lakers and helped them win five NBA Championships during his career. Following his career in the NBA, like most NBA players, Magic Johnson decided to shift his focus toward his family. Speaking of his family, Magic recently revealed to ‘PEOPLE’ how he is extremely proud of his son EJ. “I love EJ’s career,” Magic revealed. “I think that EJ is really taking charge of his career and makin… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a far-right Christian nationalist extremist, kicked off her speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday morning by telling the room filled with many empty seats that the left is “coming for our children,” in her hate-filled, lie-filled, fear-mongering, anti-LGBTQ speech portraying her cause as virtuous because, she preached, “our God is bigger.” That God, she promised, would help her pass anti-transgender legislation that “will make it a felony to perform anything to do with gender-affirming care on children.” “The left has told… Read More View the full article

Published by AFP The New York Times headquarters in Manhattan, photographed in 2018 New York (AFP) – The New York Times — a torchbearer for the liberal left in America — is facing flak for its coverage of transgender people, a criticism the newspaper flatly rejects. Thousands of contributors and LGBTQ activists have accused the daily of giving too much coverage to concerns about treatments for transgender teenagers, fueling “panic” on the subject. The allegation may surprise those who know the Times as a bulwark for gender and race rights during Donald Trump’s presidency and for helping spur the #MeToo movement against sexual violence with its investigation of Harvey Weinstein. The accusation also highlights the internal debates that sometimes go on within one side of America’s so-called culture wars. GLAAD, an LGBTQ media advocacy organization, has accused the Times of “irresponsible, biased coverage of transgender people” going back more than a year. Last month it co-launched a campaign, backed by more than 100 other organizations, against the newspaper’s coverage. More than 1,000 New York Times contributors and another 34,000 media employees and readers of the newspaper have signed a separate open letter calling for the Times to improve its coverage. They accuse the newspaper of writing multiple articles that exaggerate ethical and medical fears about treatments such as puberty blockers. They allege that the Times has given too much credence to suggestions that the number of teenagers identifying with a gender different to the one assigned at birth — 300,000 in the United States, according to one study — is the result of a social trend or fad. The activists also accuse the paper of focusing too much on the idea that some people regret transitioning. “Our complaint is about editorial bias,” Jo Livingstone, a 35-year-old literary critic who co-authored the letter and identifies by the pronouns they and them, told AFP. “It’s not necessarily about each individual article,” Livingstone said. “But about where the NYT is placing emphasis and resources over time. It’s a cumulative phenomenon of bias.” A. G. Sulzberger, the Times’s chairman and publisher, backed staff in a speech Thursday. He said they had “documented the worrying wave of anti-trans legislation advancing in statehouses across the country” and “detailed the horrific violence and discrimination trans people face.” Times journalists have also defended their right to highlight debates within the scientific community about treatments. “Our duty is to be independent,” dozens of editorial staff wrote in a letter to their union, reported by Vanity Fair. “We pursue the facts wherever they may lead. We are journalists, not activists. That line should be clear,” they added. ‘Complicated’ The campaign against the Times aims to influence news angles taken by the paper, which is a huge player in the American media and political scene and boasts around ten million subscribers to its website. The debate comes within the context of several conservative-run states having passed laws banning care and treatment for transgender adolescents. GLAAD notes that some Times articles have been used by elected officials in Texas, Alabama and Arkansas to argue their case. “The New York Times could always be better (but) I actually found their articles are trying to cover a very complicated subject, and showing more than one side of the story,” said Jack Drescher, a clinical psychiatry professor at Columbia University known for his work on gender identity. However, he warns against a tendency to portray issues as controversial when they are not. “In the United States, the medical community is clearly on the side of transition services,” said Drescher. “This is a clinical issue that has become a culture war issue,” he added. For its part, the New York Times appears committed to providing space for differing views. Two days after GLAAD criticized the Times, the paper published an opinion piece by its columnist Pamela Paul entitled “In Defence of J.K. Rowling.” The article said accusations of transphobia against the Harry Potter author were unfair. The following day it published mixed reactions from readers. View the full article

Published by Reuters By Gram Slattery, Tim Reid and Alexandra Ulmer LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – In Las Vegas, Nevada, Republican activists want to recapture the party from a local leader who backs former President Donald Trump’s false election fraud claims. In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a battle for control of the local Republican party’s assets has wound up in court. In North Carolina, party activists are seeking to punish Republican Senator Thom Tillis for his support for same-sex marriage rights. As the 2024 presidential race kicks into gear, local Republican party organizations in many parts of the United States are consumed by rebellions, infighting and court battles that some officials and strategists said could damage the party’s chances of winning back the White House. Reuters spoke to more than 50 operatives, activists and party officials in competitive states Arizona, Georgia and Nevada, which Trump narrowly lost in 2020; North Carolina, which he won; and in the key early primary state of South Carolina. Nevada also holds an early presidential nominating contest. While Republican divisions in Congress have been widely covered, Reuters looked at grassroots battles, especially in the small handful of states that remain truly competitive, that have not been closely examined. Some strategists and officials warned the spectacle of a party at war with itself in electoral battlegrounds and early primary states risks turning off voters and donors. “The degree to which we can manage this will determine how well our presidential candidate does,” said Maurice Washington, the chair of the Republican Party in South Carolina’s Charleston County, a regular campaign stop for presidential candidates, and himself a target of right-wing challengers. “There’s always that potential of behavior patterns turning off middle-of-the-road voters,” Washington said. Although it is too early in the election cycle to see a direct impact of these fights, and these feuds could subside once a presidential nominee is chosen, Ronna McDaniel, the head of the Republican National Committee, the party’s central governing body, has called for unity. Larry Hogan, a Trump critic who left office in January after serving two terms as the Republican governor of Maryland, told Reuters it was crucial for the party to move beyond the former president if it wanted to win the 2024 elections. Democrats outperformed expectations and avoided a Republican “red wave” in the November 2022 midterm elections, in part because voters shunned a slew of Trump-backed, hard-right candidates. “Voters sent a clear message in the last three elections: they want competence and common sense solutions, not more crazy,” Hogan said. “If we want to start winning again, then we have to start listening.” Not everyone agrees. North Carolina State Representative Mark Brody, who supports censuring Sen. Tillis, says it is better to address differences directly. “I think one of the things that we fight against is that there is a tendency to say: Maybe we should just leave this alone. One side says: don’t bring this up because some people might turn away,” he said. “My side is: Let’s address that, and let’s set the record straight.” IN NEVADA, A PARTY REVOLT In Nevada’s Clark County, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the state’s population, Margaret White, a former chief of staff for county Republicans, is leading about 50 current and former party members in a rebellion against the current county party leader Jesse Law in the swing state. White said that Law’s support for Trump’s false election fraud claims and his backing for far-right candidates in last November’s midterm elections are damaging Republicans’ prospects in 2024. Most state and local candidates backed by Law lost in the midterms. The activists filed paperwork last month to launch a non-profit organization called “Las Vegas Voices of Reason.” White and Drew Hirsty, the county party member who made the filing, told Reuters that formalizing the structure will allow them to raise funds among independent voters as well as Republicans. The group is contacting 400 Republicans, who resigned or were expelled from the party since Law took over in 2021, asking them to register to vote so they can remove him in the summer leadership contest, White said. “We want normal people in charge who can appeal to moderates, independents and minorities, and that’s not Jesse Law,” White told Reuters. White said the party needs to appeal to a broader set of voters; otherwise it will keep losing elections. About half of White’s core group of 50 are Black, Hispanic or Asian, reflecting the diverse demographics of Nevada. Law backed several far right candidates that lost in November’s midterms. Law, who served as a senior member of Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns in Nevada, and the county party did not respond to requests for comment. John Bruchhagen, a Republican podcaster who says he is friends with people in both factions, said Law has worked hard to boost voter turnout and promote candidates but has an “impossible” job because the local party has become so factionalized. The fighting in Clark County escalated in January when White was involved in a standoff with party members at the county party’s central committee meeting in Las Vegas. White, who quit her post last year in protest at Law’s leadership, showed up with two bodyguards, one of whom was retired Las Vegas Police Lieutenant Randy Sutton, who told Reuters he carried a concealed firearm to the meeting. White was ordered to leave by a security guard. Sutton told Reuters he was challenged to a fight by one Republican at the meeting who was part of a group that objected to White’s presence. Law and the county party did not respond to questions about the standoff. ARIZONA: A BID TO CHANGE PRIMARY RULES In Arizona, a former conservative stronghold that is now a swing state, a group of Republicans dismayed by hard-right candidates who deny the 2020 election are raising money and gathering signatures to force a referendum on an amendment to the state constitution that would open primary elections to all voters, according to Beau Lane, a Republican businessman who is involved in the effort. Lane, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for Arizona Secretary of State last year, said his Save Democracy AZ group wants more moderate, less polarizing figures to emerge from the primary process. SOUTH CAROLINA: FIGHTING OVER PARTY ASSETS In one of South Carolina’s most populous counties, a breakaway far-right faction of the party led by Roger Slagle and Chad Caton who support the former president’s false claims of election fraud, reject candidates they say are insufficiently conservative. These include former two-term South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, who announced in February she was running for president; South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, who is widely expected to run for the presidency as well; and the former Vice President Mike Pence. When the party prepared to host Pence at an event – which the former vice-president subsequently canceled – Caton criticized the effort in a text message to Reuters as part of a “plan to push Trump out.” Scott’s office declined to comment. Ken Farnaso, a spokesperson for Haley, did not respond to a request for comment. HAVE REQUESTED PENCE COMMENT The split dates back to last September when Slagle and his allies briefly quit the party but maintained control of the county party’s website, bank account, and folding tables and chairs. A judge last month ordered Slagle’s group to hand over the chairs. Both sides acknowledge a legal fight over the bank account is likely. “Is it something you want to spend party funds on? No,” said Reese Boyd III, who is the recognized party county leader. “We’re all inside the big tent, and we’re shooting machine guns at one another. It’s not productive for anyone.” CENSURE FOR NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR In North Carolina, Republican party committees in about a third of the state’s counties have voted to censure Republican Senator Tillis for his support for same-sex marriage rights. They are now seeking a state-wide condemnation, which would block Tillis’s access to party resources and funds in a potential Senate primary. Although Tillis retains support among the party establishment, Jim Womack, a county party chair, says the Senator’s critics are gaining strength. “The North Carolina Republican party will eventually be decentralized to the point where the grassroots will actually run the party,” Womack said. Tillis did not respond to requests for comment. (Reporting by Gram Slattery in Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Tim Reid in Las Vegas and Alexandra Ulmer in San Francisco; Additional reporting by Nathan Layne in Hillsdale, Michigan. Editing by Ross Colvin and Suzanne Goldenberg) View the full article

Published by Raw Story A man appointed to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Disney oversight board has a history of making anti-LGBTQ comments, including a claim that tap water could be turning people gay, CNN reported. Ron Peri, an Orlando-based former pastor and the CEO of a Christian ministry, is one of five people who will oversee the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the government body that has given Disney unique powers in Central Florida for more than half a century, according to CNN. In a January 2022 Zoom call, Ron Peri asked, “So why are there homosexuals today?” “There are any number of reasons, you know, that … Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet In a largely-empty room at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, now running against her former boss for the Republican presidential nomination, told base voters that Donald Trump lost the last election, and Republicans have lost the popular vote in the last seven out of eight presidential elections, America is not racist, and “wokeness is a virus” more dangerous than COVID. Haley’s campaign is built on numerous falsehoods she apparently believes will resonate enough with the base that Trump built that she can grab the nomination. “America is not… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story Parents would be allowed to kidnap their children and take them out of state if they are receiving gender-affirming care or are considered “at risk” of receiving such care under a proposed Florida law, Vice News reports. Under the bill Republican state Sen. Clay Yarborough introduced Friday, any court could intervene if a child is receiving gender-affirming care, the report said. The bill is part of a package of so-called “parental empowerment and child safety legislation” that includes a ban on instruction of sexual orientation or gender identity for students through Grade 8, and requiring li… Read More View the full article

Published by uPolitics.com The House Ethics Committee voted unanimously to launch a probe into Rep. George Santos (R-New York) for a multitude of potential legal and ethical violations. The committee, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, released a statement that their probe will address allegations pertaining to potentially “unlawful activity” during his 2022 congressional campaign, lying about or omitting key information on forms for new House members, conflicts of interest, and a sexual misconduct accusation. Santos is fully cooperating, according to his social media team. Santos has received heavy critici… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, who infamously refused to honor a lawful subpoena from the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack requiring his testimony last year, on Friday issued a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray demanding 16 FBI agents testify before his committee or face subpoenas to do so. The letter is officially from the Judiciary Committee but was tweeted out by the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, which is also chaired by Jordan. That new subcommittee has been the subject of scrutiny and mockery over the past 24 hours after Jorda… Read More View the full article

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — The New York City Hall version of fire and brimstone rained down Friday as protesters blasted Mayor Eric Adams over his remarks dismissing the separation of church and state. Local religious leaders and community activists criticized Adams in a protest outside the mayor’s Manhattan office, insisting the city’s top elected official was way off base with his remarks dismissing the notion of a clear line of demarcation laid out by the nation’s Founding Fathers. “He said that he was a servant of God,” said Rabbi Emily Cohen. “And I wanted to assert that Mayor Adams was a servant of thos… Read More View the full article

Published by Euronews (English) Do you expect me to talk? No Mr. Bond, I expect you to REDACTED. Reports indicate that Ian Fleming’s James Bond books are to be republished and rewritten to accommodate 21st century sensitivities. The spy thrillers – from 1953’s ‘Casino Royale’ to 1966’s ‘Octopussy and The Living Daylights’ – will be re-released in April to coincide with the 70th anniversary celebrations this spring, after Ian Fleming Publications Ltd commissioned a review by “sensitivity readers.” A number of racial references will be removed, as well as the omission of references to ethnicities of a number of characters. The… Read More View the full article

Published by Raw Story In 2011, a New York City businessman identified by Esquire Magazine as “three-time bankrupt Donald Trump” made a speech on the stage of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). It helped launch his political career. Trump returns Saturday to keynote this year’s CPAC annual event, a gathering that starts Wednesday afternoon and will bring together thousands of conservatives eager to “preserve and protect the values of life, liberty, and property.” This year’s meeting is already being ducked by many big-name right-wingers, overshadowed as it is by groping acusataions against its foun… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet The Texas Republican state lawmaker, a former pastor, who authored an anti-drag bill appeared in a video, in drag, while skipping and running to the song “Sexy Lady.” NBC News reports the editor of Living Blue in Texas, the “premier outlet for Democratic, Liberal, and Progressive news and opinion,” posted video of GOP state Rep. Nate Schatzline that shows him with three other people in costumes or drag, “skipping, running and dancing in a park while donning a black sequined dress and a red eye mask.” “At the end of the roughly 90-second video — which plays over the song ‘Sexy Lady’ by Javi Mul… Read More View the full article

Published by The Detroit News HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hours after Michigan state legislators advanced a historic bill that would bar discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, former Vice President Mike Pence called on religious conservatives to stand up for causes like “the sanctity of marriage” during an event at Hillsdale College. “At a time when our most cherished values and traditions seem maligned by popular culture on a daily basis, I say speak without apology about the institution of traditional marriage and above all else never give up the right to life,” Pence told the audience gathered inside the … Read More View the full article

Published by The Detroit News LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to ban discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, marking a legislative turning point that came after decades of debate in state government. Democrats, who took control of the chamber for first time in nearly 40 years in January, made the bill to expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections for gay and transgender residents an early priority. Republicans had previously blocked similar proposals, arguing the protections infringed on religious rights. The bill passed 23-15 with three Republicans joinin… Read More View the full article

Published by BANG Showbiz English Kim Petras doesn’t think she would be where she is today without Madonna. The 30-year-old singer made history at last month’s Grammy Awards when she became the first openly trans artist to receive the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance prize for ‘Unholy’ with Sam Smith and she is thrilled the Queen of Pop – who presented the pair with their accolade – has given her support and respect because she has done so much for the LGBTQ+ community. She told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “I don’t know how good of a friend I can be to her because I’m just like, ‘Confession: Ray of Light changed my life.’ “Every time I see her, I just talk about her music and how much it means to me, but it’s just been the most incredible thing for me to get respected by Madonna, and for her to even know anything about me is just… “Madonna, for fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. I don’t think I could be here without Madonna. My mother. I grew up next to a highway in Germany, and my mother believed me that I was a girl, and I wouldn’t be here without her and her support.” The ‘Coconuts’ hitmaker went on to add that she would “die” to one day collaborate with the ‘Material Girl’ songstress and would “absolutely” love to work with her on her upcoming third studio album. She added of the possibility of a collaboration: “I would die to! I would die to have Madonna on anything, or be on anything Madonna, so yeah, absolutely.” When Madonna presented Kim and Sam with their award, she celebrated the duo’s “fearlessness”. She said: “Are you ready for a little controversy? Come on people, let’s make some noise. Y’all are going to sleep over here. “So, here’s what I’ve learned after four decades in music — if they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you’re definitely on to something. “I’m here to give thanks to all the rebels out there forging a new path and taking the heat for all of it. You guys need to know — all you troublemakers out there — you need to know that your fearlessness doesn’t go unnoticed. You are seen, you are heard; and most of all, you are appreciated. “So now, speaking of controversy, it gives me great pleasure to introduce two incredibly talented artists who have risen above the noise, the doubt, the critics; into something beautifully unholy. Here are two Grammy Award winners, Sam Smith and Kim Petras.” View the full article

Published by Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Nearly a year after being sentenced to five months in jail, only to be released on bond days later, former actor Jussie Smollett has filed his long-awaited appeal claiming his indictment by a special prosecutor was invalid due to double-jeopardy concerns and that the trial judge was biased against him. The 102-page brief filed Wednesday with the Illinois Appellate Court tread mostly familiar ground in the well-worn case against Smollett, the onetime “Empire” star who was convicted by a jury in December 2021 of paying two acquaintances to fake a racist and homophobic attack on him to … Read More View the full article

Published by Radar Online @govbilllee/Instagram A GoFundMe campaign has been launched with the goal of purchasing billboards of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to splash his 1977 yearbook photo across the state, RadarOnline.com has learned. As we previously reported, Lee was confronted last week with the decades-old portrait from page 165, which showed him in women’s clothing including a dress and pearls alongside the caption “Hard Luck Woman.” MEGA The interaction took place not long before he is set to put into effect a bill that would restrict drag performances in Tennessee. “What a ridiculous question that is! Conflating something like that to sexualized entertainment in front of children, which is a very serious subject,” Lee fired back at the reporter during the event in Memphis. RadarOnline.com has learned that nearly $50,000 has since been raised to put up billboards featuring the photo next to foster care statistics in the state. @govbilllee/Instagram Matt Gaetz Cleared: DOJ Decides Not To Charge Embattled Congressman After Years-Long Sex Trafficking Investigation Senator John Fetterman Checks Into Hospital For Clinical Depression Following Health Concerns Pete Buttigieg REFUSES To Answer Questions About Ohio Train Derailment After Facing Backlash For Not Visiting State “A National Advertising agency will be designing these ads,” the bio read. “All funds received will go towards this project to help advertise a beautiful photo of Governor Bill Lee as well as the statistics for the foster care system here in Tennessee.” “The goal is to have billboards in the large cities of Tennessee on main interstates or highways. There will be video updates posted about this journey along the way on my social media platforms. @zacharyheath21,” the description noted. Press secretary Jade Byers previously issued a statement on behalf of Lee, highlighting how the bill “specifically protects children from obscene, sexualized entertainment” and “any attempt to conflate this serious issue with lighthearted school traditions is dishonest and disrespectful to Tennessee families.” MEGA The legislation that Lee will make law specifically bans “adult-oriented entertainment” that is deemed “harmful to minors” from public property and places where they might be seen by children. The law specifically mentions “go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers” and “male or female impersonators.” The bill makes the first offense a Class A misdemeanor and subsequent offenses a Class E felony. Never miss a story — sign up for the RadarOnline.com newsletter to get your daily dose of dope. Daily. Breaking. Celebrity news. All free. MEGA It has been met with both praise and criticism. It’s been claimed this law is not meant to target the LGBTQ community but rather to protect children. Critics, however, fear the rules may lead to discrimination, arguing that drag is an art form and not the same as exotic dancing. View the full article

Published by Raw Story A new study on what makes conservative brains tick suggests it may come down to a proclivity to view reality as “inherently hierarchical,” according to researchers. Initial research indicated that conservatives tend to view the world as more dangerous, but subsequent studies have failed to replicate that finding. Now, psychologists Nick Kerry and Jer Clifton at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered in their research that the “main difference between the left and right is the belief that the world is inherently hierarchical,” Clifton writes in Scientific American. “Conservatives, our w… Read More View the full article

Published by AFP US Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland National Harbor (United States) (AFP) – US conservatives kicked off their annual convention Thursday with an array of firebrand speakers aiming their sharpest verbal attacks at other Americans rather than foreign adversaries. Key names at the Conservative Political Action Conference devoted some floor time to the US-Chinese rivalry and the immigration crisis, but the real crowd-pleasing zingers came in the rants against the LGBT+ community and calls for the arrests of liberals. Texas Senator Ted Cruz said recently-retired scientist Anthony Fauci, the government’s point man on the Covid-19 pandemic, should be jailed over health curbs that had “ruined more lives than any bureaucrat in the history of our nation.” He accused US President Joe Biden of not giving “a damn” about a recent train derailment that sparked fears of environmental contamination in Ohio, and said the administration would have been quicker to help if the locals had been “transgender tech workers.” Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama railed against trans athletes and “all this woke” taking priority over traditional school subjects, alleging that “half the kids, when they graduate, they can’t read their diploma.” South Carolina congressman Ralph Northam accused America’s top military officer — decorated combat veteran Mark Milley — of being a “traitor.” ‘Leftists and Marxists’ No stranger to incendiary hyperbole, Pennsylvania congressman Scott Perry, who is under investigation for his role in former president Donald Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election, threatened that “if it’s up to me, there’s going to be a firestorm” targeting liberals. “These leftists, these Marxists that have prevailed upon the American people and used the awesome power of the federal government to cow us into fear in our homes, they’ve got to be put on notice,” he said. “They’ve got to be quaking in fear, they’ve got to be worried, they’ve got to be losing weight because they’re not eating, because they’re worried they’re going to end up going to jail.” CPAC, which returned to its home in Maryland’s National Harbor after pandemic-era editions in Texas and Florida, is a sprawling gathering that sees itself as promoting liberty, economic prosperity and family values. Its panelists speak glowingly of president Ronald Reagan, while posters decry gun restrictions, liberal school curriculums and big government. This year’s event, which culminates in a keynote address from Trump on Saturday, will be an opportunity for delegates to vet the tycoon and other potential candidates for the 2024 presidential election. Among them is Trump’s former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, who is expected to make the case Friday that the Republican Party needs a new generation of leaders, unencumbered by the taint of recent election failure. Several major players have stayed away, however, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, seen as a formidable potential challenger to Trump for the 2024 nomination, and former vice president Mike Pence. View the full article

Published by AlterNet Earlier this week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, stated that homelessness in the Big Apple is because “we took prayer out of schools.” Adams also revealed that he disagrees with the fundamental American principle of separation of church and state. “Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state. State is the body. Church is the heart. You take the heart out of the body, the body dies. I can’t separate my belief because I’m an elected official,” Adams proclaimed at an interfaith breakfast on Tuesday. “When I walk, I walk with God. When I talk, I talk with God. When I put po… Read More View the full article

Published by AlterNet Donald Trump Jr. shared his outrage via Twitter Thursday after PNC bank closed the account for his media company, MXM News, complaining the “woke” corporation is prejudiced against him for his “political affiliation.” The son of former President Donald Trump tweeted, “BREAKING: Woke @PNCBank just shut down the bank account for my app @mxmnews without any explanation. The Left doesn’t think you should be able to exist, much less thrive, in society. It should be illegal to discriminate based on political affiliation!!!” Journalist Aaron Rupar shared a clip of Trump’s recent interview with Newsma… Read More View the full article

Published by Radar Online cbs;@josh_popper/instagram Madonna is moving on from her breakup by spending her time with a new boy toy after her split from Andrew Darnell, RadarOnline.com has learned. The Material Girl icon, 64, was spotted cozying up to 29-year-old boxing coach Josh Popper in newly revealed photos following her fizzled five-month romance with her younger model ex. @madinna/twitter In one of the snapshots, Madonna can be seen leaning on the 6’4”, 240-pound heavyweight’s shoulder and squeezing his tattooed right arm as he makes a fist, igniting rumors they are dating which neither have yet confirmed or denied. Popper appears to be in with the chart-topping music icon’s family already, having been training one of her six children at Bredwinners gym in New York City, insiders familiar with the situation revealed in a report published by Daily Mail. Fans may recognize the ripped former NFL athlete as he also recently appeared on the latest season of Bravo’s hit show Summer House. @josh_popper/instagram Madonna Splits From 23-Year-Old Boyfriend Andrew Darnell, Singer Experiencing ‘Crisis Of Confidence’ Wealthy Madonna Accused Of Turning Her Back On Once-Homeless Brother Anthony Years Before His Tragic Death Madonna Paid For Once-Homeless Brother Anthony’s Rehab Bill Before He Died Romance rumors with Popper and Madonna started to swirl amid news the singer has been going through a “crisis of confidence” in recent weeks. The singer recently spoke out against questions regarding plastic surgery, claiming the remarks about her changing appearance were fueled by “ageism” and “misogyny.” Madonna has also been mourning the death of her eldest brother, Anthony Ciccone, who died at the age of 66 last Friday. @josh_popper/instagram In the wake of her latest split, insiders claimed that 23-year-old Darnell accepted their breakup and has since found romance with someone closer to his own age. “It was only a very casual thing [with Darnell] so she’s not broken-hearted. It’s just that it has come at a bad time,” a source told Page Six about how she has been coping with the change. “She’s having a bit of a crisis of confidence and this doesn’t help. She had a lot of fun with Andrew but it was never love or anything like that.” Their relationship kicked off after her prior split from 28-year-oldAhlamalik Williams, the backup dancer with whom she was in a three-year relationship. Never miss a story — sign up for the RadarOnline.com newsletter to get your daily dose of dope. Daily. Breaking. Celebrity news. All free. @madonna/instagram Madonna is known for marching to the beat of her own drum and that includes dating younger men, having opted for suitors at least 28 years her junior since 2008. As RadarOnline.com exclusively told you first — Madonna’s highly anticipated and upcoming “greatest hits” world tour is set to be a family affair with some of her kids joining her on the stage while others will help design the production. Considering that Popper is training one of her sons, fans wonder if Madonn’s rumored new flame will tag along. View the full article