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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.

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MI Healthy Climate plan will cost Michiganders $386B by 2050

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate Plan will cost an estimated $386 billion by 2050, according to a new report published by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Whitmer’s plan could cost an extra $2,746 per energy customer annually, or an additional $228.83 per monthly utility bills, the report warns. It also raises the specter of days-long blackouts.

Michigan’s Expensive Net-Zero gamble comes on the heels of Whitmer saying she would lower the cost of living for state residents.

“Tariffs are jacking up costs—on car repairs, groceries and even school supplies,” Whitmer said in a social media post post of Aug. 13. “That’s why I'll keep doing everything I can to lower costs for Michiganders and put money back in your pockets.” Click here to read more.

 

City says man who gives away homemade goods is breaking the law

MANCHESTER, N.H. (WMUR) - A food canning hobby has gotten one New Hampshire man into a pickle.

Daniel Mowery has been giving away his homemade goods for decades, but city officials now say he’s breaking the law.

Mowery’s goods include jellies, tomatoes and bread and butter pickles. He cans it all and pays for supplies himself.

Then he gives it all away for free.

“We were brought up poor, so our family always canned. Everything came out of the garden, and that’s the way it was,” Mowery said.

The Manchester Health Department sent Mowery a cease-and-desist letter last week.

“It’s not worthy to put on TV, put it that way. I was not happy,” Mowery said.

It said he needs a permit to keep canning and distributing food, and his kitchen needs to be commercially licensed. Click here to read more.

 

Federal Court Upholds Connecticut Ban on ‘Assault Weapons’

A federal appeals court Thursday refused to block two Connecticut gun control laws despite arguments that they violated the Second Amendment.

The laws faced two separate challenges from the National Association for Gun Rights, the Second Amendment Foundation, and others, who asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to temporarily block the laws.

But on Thursday, a three-judge panel of the court declined to do so, saying the laws were constitutional because they preserved “numerous legal alternatives for self-defense” despite their restriction of “unusually dangerous weapons.”

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The challenged laws included a 2013 ban on certain firearms and large capacity magazines—passed in response to the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, CT—and a 2023 law that further restricted access to what gun control advocates call “assault weapons.” Click here to read more.

 

Chicago Public Schools has same credit rating as Colombia, Vietnam

Chicago Public Schools leaders must approve a budget plan for the 2025-2026 school year by Aug. 28, but a $734 million budget hole must be handled.

Here’s what you need to know about the financial pitfalls facing the district before board members vote on the budget.

CPS’s long-term debt burden is $9.1 billion

The CPS long-term debt burden is $9.1 Billion as of fiscal year 2026. While CPS does not repay that entire debt in 2026, the district will be spending $15.257 billion by 2049 when future interest payments are included.

In fiscal year 2026, CPS plans to refinance $1.8 Bilion of its debt and add $600 million in new debt for capital projects. CPS will also be taking $65 Billion from its debt service stabilization fund to help close its budget gap. Click here to read more.

CPS’ credit rating is junk

CPS’ credit rating is considered non-investment grade speculative, or “junk,” according to the big three credit ratings agencies: Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poors rate it as BB+ and Moody’s rates it as Ba1.

 

Cracker Barrel exec went on to sit on HRC Business Advisory Council

Cracker Barrel over the past decade has worked closely with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), changing its company culture to be more inclusive and LGBT-friendly ahead of its controversial store rebrand.

The restaurant chain’s former management and training leader, Steve Smotherman, who spearheaded an LGBT employee resource group at Cracker Barrel, went on to sit on the HRC’s Business Advisory Council, Upware News reported.

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