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How A California Psychology Student Exposed The Dark Side Of Therapy Education

When Naomi Best began a counseling psychology master’s program last year at Santa Clara University, she did not expect her professor to ask her what she disliked about her genitals.

As a required part of Professor Chongzheng Wei’s “Human Sexuality” class, students were asked to submit a “sexual autobiography” that could include talking about their genitals, sharing when they first began masturbating, or discussing their “personal sexual aspirations,” Best said.

The syllabus said students need not answer questions that “make you feel extremely uncomfortable,” but that was easier said than done.

At one point, a trans-identifying male psychologist was invited to be a guest speaker for the class, she said. When Best asked him what he meant by “gender euphoria,” he allegedly told her that he “almost came” when he saw himself in the mirror as a woman for the first time, she said.

The trans-identifying psychologist also allegedly told students, “trans women have the only p***ies that can blow up the world,” Best said. Click here to read more.

 

Michigan Emerges as Midwest Hub for ‘Gender-Affirming Care’, Even for Kids

LANSING, Mich. – Even though the U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors – setting a precedent that could pave the way for similar laws in other states – Michigan is holding its ground. Under Democratic leadership, the state remains a hub for both adult and youth gender-affirming care – and demand is growing, especially from families crossing state lines to access care outlawed elsewhere.

State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) responded to the Tennessee ruling by reassuring residents that nothing has changed in Michigan. “An important thing to remember in light of SCOTUS’ ruling on gender-affirming care for minors as well: it does not ban this care” she posted on X. “It allows states to enact laws to ban it. Michigan does not have such a law, and gender-affirming care should still be available.” Click here to read more.

 

$5,000 award offered for return of Idaho teens allegedly taken by FLDS Church

MONTEVIEW, Idaho The Uvalde Foundation for Kids is offering a five-thousand-dollar reward for the return of two Idaho teens who were allegedly kidnapped by members of the FLDS Church earlier this week.

The reward is being offered for the safe return of the teens after they were reported missing on Sunday, June 22, by their mother, Elizabeth Roundy.

Rachelle Fischer, 15, and Allen Fischer, 13, were allegedly taken from their home in Monteview, Idaho while Roundy was away at a bible study group. Police say the children were last seen wearing traditional FLDS clothing. Rachelle was last seen in a dark green prairie dress, and Allen was last seen wearing a light blue shirt with jeans and black slip-on shoes.

According to The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, Rachelle is five feet and five inches tall and weighs about 135 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Allen is five feet and nine inches tall, weighing about 135 pounds with longer sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. Click here to read more.

 

60 ‘critically missing’ children rescued, 8 people arrested

SARASOTA, Fla. - U.S. Marshals, with the help of several law enforcement agencies, rescued 60 missing children.

The “critically missing” children were rescued from Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties in Florida. They ranged in age from 9 to 17.

According to the US Marshalls, “critically missing” children are those at risk of crimes of violence or those with other elevated risk factors such as substance abuse, sexual exploitation, crime exposure or domestic violence.

Eight people were arrested and face several charges, including human trafficking, child endangerment, narcotics possession and custodial interference. Click here to read more.

 

Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, is correct that reported autism rates have exploded in the last 30 years — they’ve increased roughly 60-fold — but he is dead wrong about the causes. I should know, because I am partly responsible for the explosion in rates.

The rapid rise in autism cases is not because of vaccines or environmental toxins, but rather is the result of changes in the way that autism is defined and assessed — changes that I helped put into place.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I was the chair of the task force charged with creating the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or the D.S.M.-IV. Sometimes called the “bible of psychiatry,” the D.S.M. influences medical practice, insurance coverage, education and treatment selection.

In the third edition of the D.S.M., published in 1980, autism was tightly defined and considered extremely rare. Criteria for the diagnosis required a very early onset (before age 3) of severe cognitive, interpersonal, emotional and behavioral problems.

But my task force approved the inclusion of the new diagnosis, Asperger’s disorder, which is much milder in severity than classic autism and much more common. In doing so, we were responding to child psychiatrists’ and pediatricians’ concerns for children who did not meet the extremely stringent criteria for classic autism, but had similar symptoms in milder form and might benefit from services.

LANSING, Mich. — A federal appeals court has ruled that Michigan’s practice of storing and using newborn blood samples for research without parental consent does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The decision reverses a lower court ruling that had previously sided with parents who said their rights were being ignored.

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In Michigan, hospitals take a few drops of blood from nearly every newborn’s heel shortly after birth to test for dozens of rare but serious medical conditions. It’s a routine part of the state’s newborn screening program. After testing, the state keeps one blood spot in case a family wants it later and sends four or five anonymized spots to a nonprofit biobank for storage and possible research use. Parents are not asked for permission for this long-term storage or research.

Four families sued the state, arguing that their Fourteenth Amendment rights to direct the care of their children and their Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful search and seizure were violated.

A lower court agreed and ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to notify parents, obtain consent for further storage and research, and return or destroy previously collected samples and data. But the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that decision.

In a 29-page opinion, the court found that once the samples are anonymized and disconnected from identifying information, their storage and use in research do not trigger constitutional protections.

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On the Fourteenth Amendment claim, the court said the plaintiffs failed to show that the state’s handling of the blood spots interfered with medical decisions or violated parental autonomy.

“This is not a case about medical care,” the court wrote. “It is about the storage and research use of anonymized biological material.”

On the Fourth Amendment claim, the court said that because the samples were de-identified and stored without any link to the children, there was no search. As for seizure, the judges found that the families could not prove they had a legal right to control the samples under Michigan law.

The court also rejected concerns about future use of the samples in criminal investigations, calling those claims speculative and not ready for review.

As of now, Michigan’s program stores blood spots at the Michigan Neonatal Biobank for up to 100 years. The samples can be used by researchers and government agencies, but only after approval by a state-appointed board. Since 2010, the state has asked for consent before using samples in research, but it does not ask for consent to store the samples or use them to improve screening technology.

The ruling allows the state to continue its current practices, but the decision may not sit well with some parents.

Although the court relied heavily on legal definitions of privacy, property, and consent, the facts of the case raise uncomfortable questions: Should the state store genetic material from babies without permission? Should parents have more say in what happens to their child’s blood after it leaves the hospital?

For now, those questions remain unanswered. What is clear is that, under federal law, Michigan can keep doing what it’s been doing for decades—whether parents know about it or not.

 

 

Gretchen Whitmer gave $8 million to Waymo for Michigan plant — then vehicle company left for Arizona

When state officials announced in 2019 they were giving away $8 million in taxpayer funded subsidies to the autonomous vehicle company Waymo, Michael LaFaive issued a warning.

“The evidence on corporate handout programs is very clear,” the senior director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy told Michigan Capitol Confidential. “They are almost always ineffective. We found that for every $500,000 in handouts to corporations, there was a corresponding decline of about 600 jobs in the county hosting Michigan Business Development Program projects.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer nonetheless predicted Waymo, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, would “fuel new economic activity across Michigan, strengthen communities, and create good-paying jobs for our residents.” Click here to read more.

 

Rubio, Hegseth Slam Media Over Iran Strike Leak: ‘Professional Stabbers’ Undermining U.S. Victory

WASHINGTON D.C. - After CNN, The New York Times, and other legacy media outlets tried to torpedo the success of President Donald Trump’s strike on the Iranian nuclear facilities, quoting a leak claiming the strike only set Iran’s nuclear program back by months, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed the leakers, calling them “professional stabbers” and revealing an investigation is already underway.

“The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it,” CNN declared. “Intel Report on Iran Upends Victory Lap Trump Was Hoping for at NATO,” the Times trumpeted. Click here to read more.

 

US finds California in violation of Title IX over transgender athlete policies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (FOX26) — The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has concluded that the California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) are in violation of Title IX for policies allowing male athletes to compete in girls' sports.

This decision marks a significant victory for female athletes in California, who have faced challenges competing on an equal playing field.

Sophia Lorey, Outreach Director for the California Family Council (CFC), expressed gratitude for the decision.

"As a former CIF athlete and collegiate athlete in California, I am deeply grateful to see the U.S. Department of Education taking action," said Lorey.

“Although Governor Gavin Newsom admitted months ago it was ‘deeply unfair’ to allow men to compete in women’s sports, both the California Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation continued as recently as a few weeks ago to allow men to steal female athletes’ well-deserved accolades and to subject them to the indignity of unfair and unsafe competitions,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “The Trump Administration will relentlessly enforce Title IX protections for women and girls, and our findings today make clear that California has failed to adhere to its obligations under federal law." Click here to read more.

 

Chicago Teachers Union sets more traps to kill charter schools

The Chicago Board of Education recently voted to renew all 21 charter schools for just two to four years, creating instability that the Chicago Teachers Union will use to damage parents’ abilities to choose better schools for their children.

Of Chicago Public Schools’ 21 charter school campuses up for renewal, 11 in late May received just two-year renewals despite state law allowing charter schools to be renewed for up to 10-year terms. The longest renewals approved by the board were four-year terms at eight charter schools.

CTU has a history of denying access to charter schools for Chicago families and trying to limit them statewide. The union’s newest collective bargaining agreement with CPS advances that assault.

The most recent contract mandates a moratorium restricting the number of charter schools in the city and their enrollment. The agreement also includes a union neutrality clause for contract renewals, requiring charter operators to in effect support a union’s attempt to organize its staff and making it easier for CTU to unionize all charter schools in the district. Click here to read more.

 

Twisting the Truth: Extreme Weather and the Climate Narrative

WASHINGTON D.C. - As America braces for another storm season, only the media storms are more predictable than upcoming hurricanes and tornadoes. Even before the dust settles after natural disasters, headlines often warn that gusts of wind and funnel clouds are proof the Earth is boiling.

Politicians rush to blame carbon emissions while their supporters flood social media warning of the inevitable doomsday caused by climate change. It all becomes one message: If we do not pass sweeping climate legislation now, more devastation is on the horizon.

But there is one inconvenient truth for these protests: the data do not support the narrative.

As the Heritage Foundation chief statistician, Kevin Dayaratna, points out in his new book, “Cooling the Climate Hysteria,” the claim that climate change is causing more and stronger tornadoes and hurricanes in the U.S. “is unsupported by the relevant trend data.” Click here to read more.