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Seton Hall Prof Fires Back At Academia, Slamming Legalized Sports Betting

A professor of economics at Seton Hall has delivered a 24-page reality check to everyone wringing their hands about legalized sports betting.

Kurt Rotthoff’s new paper, published Aug. 1 on Social Science Research Network (SSRN.com) doesn’t just acknowledge that sports betting has downsides. It calls out the entire academic establishment for asserting that the benefits don’t exist.

“A majority of the literature looks at the negative impacts of legalized sports betting,” writes Rotthoff, Associate Provost for Strategy and Finance at the university. “Although many studies analyze the costs of legalized sports betting, most ignore the fact that benefits also exist.” Click here to read more.

 

The Collapse of Europe’s Socialist Experiment

There are mass demonstrations in Britain against illegal immigration and crime that’s not treated in the way it is with citizens. There’s a perception that immigrants, many of them in Britain illegally, are not treated equally. And I mean equally in the system, that they’re not treated severely as they should be, according to the law.

In Germany, there are massive defections in support for illegal migration. Remember, former Chancellor Angela Merkel said, “Yes, we can let in people from the Middle East.” Mostly Muslims. She let in 1 million into Germany. It’s got 15% to 16% of the population are aliens. They’re not German citizens. They weren’t born in Germany.

We have the same type of unrest appearing in the Netherlands and, to a lesser degree, in France.

Unfortunately, illegal immigration and unsecured borders are not Europe’s only problems. They made a conscientious decision—that is, most European countries—to lessen their carbon footprint, on the idea that they were going to go to zero-net emissions Click here to read more.

 

‘Wish I Never Brain-Washed Myself’: Minnesota School Shooter Said He Was ‘Tired Of Being Trans’

The trans-identifying shooter who killed two children and wounded more than a dozen others at a Catholic school in Minneapolis on Wednesday wrote in a journal entry that he was “tired of being trans” and regretted that he “brain-washed” himself.

A journal reportedly belonging to Robin Westman, 23, who was born Robert Westman, revealed some of the dark thoughts of the gunman who opened fire on students and staff while they were attending morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic School. The journal, which was written in a mix of Russian Cyrillic script and English, indicated that Westman held regrets about identifying as transgender, The New York Post reported.

“I only keep [long hair] because it is pretty much my last shred of being trans. I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself,” Westman reportedly wrote. Click here to read more.

 

Michigan’s child welfare system is broken

Rep. Luke Meerman, R-Coopersville, chair of the House Child Welfare Systems Subcommittee, presented a detailed update to Tuesday’s House Oversight Committee, highlighting ongoing challenges and systemic failures within Michigan’s child welfare system.

“Many of them will never stand in front of us,” Meerman remaked, emphasizing the responsibility of the state legislature to advocate for vulnerable children.

Despite efforts to address these issues, Michigan continues to face significant hurdles. “All those statistics say we have a lot of room to grow. These are kids that are struggling and we’re not doing as well as we should as a state,” Meerman noted.

The subcommittee’s investigation has uncovered disturbing cases of neglect and abuse. An audit revealed that Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services failed to review over 100 child deaths that met internal criteria for examination. The audit criticized MDHHS for inconsistently following procedures and for not updating the child fatality registry after 2022. “We agreed with the finding and took immediate actions to enhance the SSR process,” MDHHS Deputy Director Demetrius Starling acknowledged. Click here to read more.

 

Lawsuit links CA teen's suicide to artificial intelligence

The parents of a California teenager who committed suicide sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT taught him how to harm himself, according to a lawsuit the parents filed Aug. 26.

Matthew and Maria Raine, the parents, filed a 40-page lawsuit in the California Superior Court in San Francisco against the company OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. The lawsuit said OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, which stands for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, gave the California teenager explicit instructions for his suicide.

Adam Raine, 16, died after hanging himself on April 11, 2025.

“This tragedy was not a glitch or unforeseen edge case — it was the predictable result of deliberate design choices,” the lawsuit said.

Leading up to his death, Raine started to talk to artificial intelligence in September 2024 like it was his best friend, according to the suit. Rather than speaking with his family or friends about his anxiety and depression, he wrote to ChatGPT, the lawsuit said. Over time, AI went from being his confidant to his suicide coach, the lawsuit alleges. Click here to read more.

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Minnesota Church School Shooting Suspect ‘Identifies as Female,’ Changed Name at 17 Years Old

A senior administration official confirmed to Breitbart News that the alleged shooter at a Minneapolis Catholic school changed from a male name to a female name at 17 years of age and identified as a female.

A document posted on social media was confirmed as authentic by the official. The document describes the name change as occurring in 2020 when the alleged shooter was a minor, and required parental sign-off on the change.

FOX News correspondent Brook Taylor reported that his mother signed off on the name change from “Robert” to “Robin.”

Breitbart News reported that police indicated the alleged shooter used a pistol, a rifle, and a shotgun to carry out his attack on the school Wednesday morning. From outside the church, he shot through windows, striking children as they sat in pews during mass. Two children were killed and 17 other individuals were wounded. Click here to read more.

 

Michigan Rep. offers kids drugs after Michigan Medicine ends ‘gender affirming care’

The University of Michigan on Monday announced it will no longer facilitate sex changes for kids, crediting President Donald Trump’s administration for the decision.

In response, Rep. Carrie Rheingans, D-Ann Arbor, registered her disapproval in a video posted to X.

In the video, the representative declares that “gender affirming care” for children is still legal in Michigan. She adds that such care is still “safe and effective.”

She continues: “If you need to find a new place to get care, it’s still legal to get care here in Michigan, and reach out to our office. We’ll be able to connect you to what may still be available in our community…. We want to make sure you can grow up and thrive here in Michigan.”

Rheingans’ pledge is in response to a federal subpoena received by UM and Michigan Medicine that threatens to withhold federal tax dollars from facilities that offer gender affirming care for minors. Click here to read more.

 

While People Protest Fossil Fuels in Michigan, Oil Production In U.S. Hits Record Levels

While protesters gathered in Michigan recently in efforts to close a coal plant, fossil fuels are being produced in the U.S. at record levels.

The United States set an all-time record for domestic oil production when it produced 13.48 million barrels of oil per day on average in May. That broke the previous record set a month earlier of 13.46 million barrels of oil per day.

That’s according to the most recent data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. To put that in perspective, the average in May of 2020 during the pandemic lockdowns was 9.71 million barrels of oil per day. In January of 2010, the U.S. was producing 5.40 million barrels of oil per day on average. Michigan produces about 11,000 barrels of oil per day.

Energy experts say the increase in production is due to better technology used while doing hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques. Click here to read more.

 

DC Mayor Concedes Trump Takeover Has Reduced Crime

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press conference on Wednesday that the federal surge in the nation’s capital is helping reduce crime.

“We know that we have had fewer gun crimes, fewer homicides, and we have experienced an extreme reduction in carjackings,” Bowser declared at a conference dubbed “Situational Update Federal Surge.”

“This is what we think, in just a couple of weeks of experience, has worked, having more federal law enforcement officers on the street,” Bowser said, admitting that President Donald Trump’s intervention in the nation’s capitol was having its desire effect. Click here to read more.

 

A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

In a private group chat in June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered $8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering Democratic messaging on the internet.

But the contract sent to them from Chorus, the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, came with some strings. Among other issues, it mandated extensive secrecy about disclosing their payments and had restrictions on what sort of political content the creators could produce.

In their group chat, influencers debated the details.

“Should we send a joint email (with all of our email addresses) … or, are we just going to send things separately and hope they change everything for everyone?” Laurenzo, a nonbinary creator in Columbus, Ohio, with over 884,000 TikTok followrs, asked the group. Some joked about collective bargaining. “Any Newsies fans here?” Eliza Orlins, a public defender and reality TV star known for her appearances on Survivor, posted in the group. “‘We’re a union just by sayin’ so!’” Click here to read more.

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Dem Lawmaker Touts Mutilation of Children as ‘Safe and Effective’

A Democratic state lawmaker took to social media on Tuesday and urged Michigan children to reach out to her office if they want to undergo gender-changing surgery.

Rep. Carrie Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor) urged Michigan children who are confused about their gender to reach out to her office.

Her announcement comes after the University of Michigan stated its health centers would no longer be providing transition surgeries and hormone treatments for minors. “The University of Michigan, including Michigan Medicine, is one of multiple institutions across the country that has received a federal subpoena as part of a criminal and civil investigation into gender-affirming care for minors.

In light of that investigation, and given escalating external threats and risks, we will no longer provide gender affirming hormonal therapies and puberty blocker medications for minors.” Click here to read more.

 

Illinois lowers standards making more students seem “proficient”

Most Illinois students are struggling to read or do math at grade level on their end of year state assessments. The State Board of Education’s solution? Lower the standards.

The board of education approved a plan to lower the scores needed to be considered proficient in reading and math on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness. It also determined the scores needed to be considered proficient in reading and math for 11th graders as the state moves from the SAT to ACT as the state-required assessment for high school students.

The most recent state data available shows only 41% of students in third through eighth grade could read at grade level in 2024 and just 31% in 11th grade. In math, 28% of third through eighth graders were proficient and 26% of 11th graders

New proficiency rates will be implemented on the 2025 Illinois Report card released in October, leaving Illinoisans unable to compare scores to previous years’ proficiency rates.

Lowering proficiency benchmarks will inflate the percentage of students meeting proficiency standards this year and moving forward, but it will do little to improve students’ actual performance in core subjects. Click here to read more.

 

Users Sue Amazon Prime Video for Removing Media Purchases from Their Library

Users have been “purchasing” media on Prime Video (movies, television shows) only to realize months later that their purchases no longer exists in their media library. That’s because Amazon only sells a limited-time license to its users so that they watch the movie in perpetuity until the company loses the rights.

If the tech giant loses the rights to that version, the movie can be replaced with a different cut, like the one for theaters. And if Amazon loses the rights to the film altogether, it’ll completely disappear from the viewer’s library.

So should Amazon be able to say a consumer is “buying” that movie? Some people don’t think so, and they’ve turned to court.

Filed on Friday in Washington federal court, the class action lawsuit accuses Amazon of doing a “bait and switch” to mislead consumers into a “purchasing” media they do not actually own under false labels.

“On its website and platform, the company tells consumers they can ‘buy’ a movie. But hidden in a footnote on the confirmation page is fine print that says, ‘You receive a license to the video and you agree to our terms,’ the complaint says,'” noted the outlet. Click here to read more.

 

Federal appeals court says misdated ballots still valid

Ballots returned to county election offices with incorrect or missing dates still count as valid, according to a federal opinion issued Tuesday.

A three-panel judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit said Pennsylvania’s mandate that mail-in votes with dating errors must be set aside violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

The unanimous decision found that leaning on dates to “back stop” failures with the Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors, or SURE, “betrays a misunderstanding of Pennsylvania’s election laws.”

“While the Commonwealth has raised legitimate interests related to voting, we see only tangential links, at best, between these interests and the date requirement that Pennsylvania imposes on mail-in voters,” the panel wrote. “The date requirement does not play a role in election administration, nor does it contribute an added measure of solemnity beyond that created by a signature. And only in the exceedingly rare circumstance does it contribute to the prosecution of voter fraud.” Click here to read more.

 

School bus monitor sent to the ER with bite marks after being attacked by a student and her mom

A school bus monitor in Louisiana was sent to the emergency room after she was allegedly attacked by a student and her mother.

The attack was caught on camera.

It happened on Thursday on an Orleans Parish school bus.

Video shows a McDonogh 35 High School student and her mother beating the bus monitor, who appears to fight back.

The bus monitor’s husband, Johnny Jackson, said she was sent to the emergency room with multiple injuries, including bite marks.

“What’s happening with our youth? How disrespectful our youth have become ... and rebellious,” Jackson said.

Jackson said the student and her mother attacked his wife, Tamika Jackson, while she was working her shift as a monitor on the school bus. Click here to read more.