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Judicial Watch Sues Justice Department for Epstein Client Lists
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Judicial Watch
“Simply put, the Justice Department needs to respond to public demands for transparency under law and release the Epstein files under FOIA,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for records regarding Jeffrey Epstein, including any records on the identities of clients or associates of Epstein (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:25-cv-01056)). Judicial Watch sued the Justice Department after it failed to adequately respond to four separate FOIA requests for records concerning Jeffrey Epstein, including a specific request for records “depicting the identities of clients or associates of Jeffrey Epstein.”

Trump Launches Investigation Into Colleges Over Transgender Fencing Scandal
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Daily Wire
'The nation watched as a female competitor bravely took a knee ... after discovering that her opponent was a male.' A special administration task force formed by President Donald Trump has launched investigations into the University of Maryland and Wagner College after they failed to protect a female athlete penalized for refusing to compete against a male who identifies as a female, The Daily Wire can first report. The Title IX Special Investigations Team — a joint Education Department and Justice Department project — launched a directed investigation Monday into the University of Maryland over allegations that it not only allowed a male athlete to compete in the women’s category of the USA Fencing Tournament, but also allowed that male athlete to use women’s-only intimate facilities.

Marriage Crisis: Japan’s Birth Rate Falls To Record Low Despite $25B Gov Intervention
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Daily Wire
The number of annual marriages on the island nation dipped below 500,000 for the first time in 90 years in 2023. Japan’s population plummeted for the 14th year in a row in 2024, declining by nearly 900,000 people despite massive government spending aimed at encouraging childbirth. New data released on Monday by Japan’s Internal Affairs Ministry shows the number of Japanese nationals declining by 898,000, marking the steepest annual decline since authorities began keeping records in the 1950s.

Hungary Passes Constitutional Amendment To Ban Public LGBTQ+ Events
Topic: Gay/Lesbian Issues
Source: AP News
Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government. The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against. It was proposed by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

UK's top court says legal definition of woman refers to biological sex
Topic: Women's Health
Source: Reuters
The United Kingdom's highest court ruled on Wednesday that the definition of a woman under equality legislation referred to "biological sex", but it said trans people would not be disadvantaged by its landmark decision. The Supreme Court's judgment related to whether a trans woman with a gender recognition certificate, a formal document that gives legal recognition of someone's new gender, is protected from discrimination as a woman under Britain's Equality Act.

Top Ukrainian Official Backs Conscription For Women: Apply 'Israeli Model'
Topic: Gender Discrimination
Source: Zero Hedge
Armed forces of Ukraine has "a lot of different jobs"... Ukrainian leaders continue to brainstorm ways to replenish the military's ranks, amid slow but steady gains by Russian forces along frontlines in Donetsk. Casualties on either side are believed to be in the hundreds of thousands, as the tragic conflict grinds on endlessly. The Ukrainian presidential administration's deputy head, Col. Pavel Palisa, has this week raised eyebrows by backing mandatory conscription for women while citing the Israeli model. Palisa advanced the idea that military service should be a national obligation for all men and women, and this is where current discussions on recruitment should focus.

HHS Wants You to Snitch About Gender-Affirming Care
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Erin in the Morning
Tips on providers can now be sent in. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), run by famed vaccine skeptic and legacy hire Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has launched an online portal for “whistleblowers” reporting medical providers if they offer gender affirming treatment to trans people—an alarming escalation of President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional war on trans people’s health care.

Cultural Factors Drive 'Disproportionate' Crime Among Migrant Groups
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Remix News
...says Renowned Swiss Psychiatrist. “Afghans are reported more than five times, Moroccans more than eight times, and Tunisians more than nine times more often than Swiss nationals for serious violent crimes.” Following the release of his new book, The Dark Sides of Migration, Swiss forensic psychiatrist Frank Urbaniok has called for European asylum policy to finally take migrant crime statistics into account, claiming that certain migrant groups are “disproportionately criminal” due to cultural factors.

Hundreds of International Student Visas Abruptly Revoked
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Associated Press
Students shocked by unexpected revocations allege unjust visa terminations. At least 600 students across 90 colleges have been affected, but advocacy groups say the true number could be hundreds more. Students in several states are suing, accusing the Trump administration of denying them due process, including four students in Michigan who report getting little or no explanation as to why their visas were being abruptly revoked. Some of the email notifications listed a "criminal records check" as the reason, but none of the impacted students had been charged or convicted of any crimes, their attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union says. Some of them had minor infractions, such as speeding or parking tickets, while others had none, he says.

Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein's retrial
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Euronews
Seven years after allegations against him first emerged, Harvey Weinstein is back in court. But even if the retrial ends in not guilty verdicts, the disgraced movie mogul will remain behind bars at Rikers Island. The last time a New York City jury sat in judgment of Harvey Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison. Five years later, that landmark #MeToo verdict is gone - wiped away on appeal - and Weinstein is set to go on trial again, beginning today with jury selection.

Outrage Erupts As CBS Downplays Child Sacrifice As 'Cultural Practice'
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Townhall
CBS News is facing backlash for a bizarre attempt to downplay the horrors of ancient child sacrifice, suggesting that the ritual killings practiced by pre-Columbian civilizations were “not violent” but rather a means of “connecting with celestial bodies.” In a shocking display of moral relativism, the outlet framed the gruesome act of child sacrifice not as the barbarism it clearly was but as a “culturally significant” practice—sparking outrage from critics who say this is just the latest example of the corporate media bending over backward to excuse evil in the name of academic spin.

Librarians in UK Increasingly Asked To Remove Books
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Guardian (UK)
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles. Requests to remove books from library shelves are on the rise in the UK, as the influence of pressure groups behind book bans in the US crosses the Atlantic, according to those working in the sector. Although “the situation here is nowhere [near] as bad, censorship does happen and there are some deeply worrying examples of library professionals losing their jobs and being trolled online for standing up for intellectual freedom on behalf of their users”, said Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Cilip). Ed Jewell, president of Libraries Connected, an independent charity that represents public libraries, said: “Anecdotal evidence from our members suggests that requests to remove books are increasing.” The School Library Association (SLA) said this year has seen an “increase in member queries about censorship”.

Showdown Looms Over Trump's DEI Ban In Public Schools
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Epoch Times
Low-income rural districts that publish DEI statements required by state law but don’t necessarily engage in the practices are caught in the crossfire. Several blue states have joined New York in resisting federal efforts to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in public schools. Leaders in California, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Washington said they wouldn’t provide a signed statement to the federal government by an April 24 deadline to certify compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting practices such as diversity training, affinity groups by race and gender, preferential hiring practices by race, and classroom curricula that include progressive ideologies such as critical race theory.

British PM Purges Historical Artworks; Replaces Them With 'Diverse' Dawbings
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Daily Mail
Out with Shakespeare and Churchill, and in with… crayon scribbles... Sir Keir Starmer was last night accused of being in thrall to ‘the wokerati’ after the full list of the paintings removed from No10 since he moved in was revealed. Portraits of historic figures such as Elizabeth 1, Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Walter Raleigh and William Shakespeare were among the 69 works of art ‘deinstalled’ from the Government Art Collection since the election. The revelation comes after a long Freedom of Information battle with the Tories. Among their replacements are Altar, a scene from the 2023 Falmouth Reggae Festival in Cornwall by Denzil Forrester. Other paintings include All Things Being Equal, by the Nigerian abstract artist Nengi Omuku, which ’employs the human body as a medium to convey internal experiences’ by ‘using oil paint on strips of Sanyanan indigenous fabric from pre-colonial Nigeria‘. Then there is Almond Clasp by the British-Ghanaian Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, who specialises in ‘brooding portraits of Black life’, and Still (III) by Christina Kimeze, who currently has an exhibition ‘inspired by the resurgence of roller skating in Black communities’.

Mass. Couple Accused of ‘Kidnapping’ Their Own 5 Children from State Custody
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Boston Broadside
The parents, who homeschool their children, stated to their pediatrician that they were opposed to their new baby receiving the shots based on their sincerely held religious beliefs. Despite citing religious exemptions which are law in Massachusetts, the father, Isael Rivera is being held in Worcester County Jail on a $200,000 bond or 20K cash bail, while the couple’s five children have reportedly been taken into custody by Child Protective Services (CPS).

More than 20 colleges join initiative to address male enrollment decline
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: The College Fix
A new partnership between nearly two dozen colleges and universities aims to tackle the steep decline in male enrollment — an effort that is very much needed, two scholars told The College Fix. In a stark shift in higher education demographics, men are now earning two of every five college degrees, and are more likely than women to drop out of college. These trends are highlighted in a recent report from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the American Institute for Boys and Men.

The White House’s Clumsy Attack on Harvard
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The City-Journal
...rusade against the university is unquestionably justified, but its methods may not pass muster in court. The Trump administration’s war on higher education has entered its hottest phase yet. On April 14, the administration froze $2.26 billion in federal funding for Harvard University, in response to Harvard’s rejection of administration demands for reform. News of the university’s defiance ricocheted around the globe. The fate of the White House’s academic reform efforts depends heavily on how the coming showdown concludes. The present conflict began in on April 11, when representatives of the Trump administration’s Joint Anti-Semitism Task Force sent a demand letter to the Harvard president and the head of the Harvard Corporation (the university’s equivalent of a board of trustees). The April 11 mandate is much more sweeping and detailed than the task force’s March 13 demand letter to Columbia University.

Time to break the culture of silence on grooming gangs
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Spiked Online
Tribal loyalty and victimhood narratives stopped many British Pakistanis from speaking out. Earlier this month, the UK government’s safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, delivered yet another betrayal to grooming-gangs victims. Having promised to hold five local inquiries in areas where the gangs were operating, Phillips announced that there would now only be one local inquiry – in Oldham. It seems that we are still awaiting a true national reckoning with the large-scale, decades-long rape and abuse of thousands of young girls at the hands of groups of largely British Pakistani men. A reckoning, above all, with the culture of silence and denial that allowed these men to get away with their heinous crimes for so long.

The UK’s free-speech crisis is about to get so much worse
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Spiked Online
The Crime and Policing Bill could unleash terrifying new censorship powers. The UK government’s Crime and Policing Bill poses a formidable threat to free speech in the UK. The bill, which is currently at the committee stage in the House of Commons, promises to keep our streets ‘safe’ by giving courts a new power to issue ‘respect orders’. These orders are potentially so draconian and wide-ranging that they could well end up being used for very different purposes – including silencing anyone who says anything online that the authorities disapprove of.