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Woman fined $402,000 and sentenced to 3 years for GoFundMe scam about homeless veteran

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A New Jersey woman who was once a media darling for her good deed has been fined $402,000 and sentenced three years in state prison for scamming thousands of donors through GoFundMe, prosecutors have revealed.Katelyn McClure, a 32-year-old from Burlington Township, New Jersey, is concurrently serving a one-year sentence at a federal prison in Connecticut for her role in the scam.McClure and her boyfriend at the time, Mark D'Amico, came up with a story in 2017 about a homeless veteran named Johnny Bobbitt Jr., claiming he spent his last $20 to help McClure pay for fuel when her car ran out of gas in Philadelphia.On a now-deleted GoFundMe page titled "Paying It Forward"
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Grand jury to decide whether Texas man who fatally shot masked robber, gave stolen money back to victims will be charged

Houston homicide investigators questioned the restaurant customer who fatally shot a robber last week, then gave stolen money back to victims — but while the customer wasn't arrested, charged, or named, a grand jury will review the case to determine whether charges against him are warranted, KHOU-TV reported.Houston police said Monday they had been wanting to talk to the customer in question, a 46-year-old man, since the robbery and shooting Thursday that gained national attention, the station said.What's the background?Houston police told KHOU in the station's original story that an armed man in a mask entered Ranchito Taqueria on South Gessner near Bellaire Boulevard just before 11:30 p.m.
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

'Critical theory is the framework' used to train teachers: K-12 public schools 'saturated' with CRT due to teachers' education, report finds

A new Monday report finds that California public schools are "saturated with critical theory ideology" and "divisive rhetoric" because future teachers are trained using a "critical theory" framework.CriticalRace.org, a project of the nonprofit Legal Insurrection Foundation, recently released a report titled "UC Schools of Education Report: Who Teaches the Teachers?" by Dr. Brandy Shufutinsky, which examines the training programs used to teach future educators in the University of California Schools of Education system. "The impact that UC educated teachers have in shaping the minds of future generations is substantial. Because of the impact UC trained teachers have on students, it is essential that the pedagogical frame(s) used in schools of education and teacher training programs are examined ...
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Teacher arrested after overdosing on fentanyl in front of students; police discover drugs in classroom closet

A New Jersey middle school teacher was arrested after he allegedly overdosed on drugs while in the classroom.Police said that 57-year-old Frank Thompson, an art teacher at Roosevelt Intermediate School in Westfield, fell unconscious on Nov. 29 while in his classroom. The school resource officer responded to the scene and "observed signs indicative of a drug overdose."That officer then administered Narcan, which reduces or reverses the effects of opioids. After the Narcan was administered, Thompson showed "marked signs of improvement."Upon investigating further, police discovered "a quantity of a suspected controlled dangerous substance and various items of drug paraphernalia were located in a closet in the classroom,"
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Drag show featuring people with Down syndrome in UK sparks concerns of exploitation: 'People with Down syndrome like sex'

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A new promotional video for a U.K. drag show company, which has been around for several years, has sparked outrage over concerns that the performers, all of whom have Down syndrome, are being exploited.On January 4, Mashable, a U.K. media and entertainment company, tweeted a nearly ten-minute video intended to promote the drag show, known as "Drag Syndrome," a "drag collective featuring highly addictive queens & kings with Down-Syndrome," according to its website. The cast of "Drag Syndrome" is composed of ten "artists": Davina Starr, Frozita Honkong, Gaia Callas, George the Lord, Gymma Black, Horrora Shebang, Justin Bond, Lady Francesca, Lady Mercury, and Nikita Gold.
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Transgender, Thai billionaire mother who owns Miss Universe pageant promises changes

The Miss Universe pageant, slated to be hosted in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2023, will see several new changes to contestant eligibility, pageant focus as well as the crown.However, the biggest change remains the contest's new owner, billionaire Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, CEO of Thailand-based media company JKN Global Group Pcl. The entrepreneur is a male-to-female transgender woman, with two children.Jakrajutatip purchased Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA in October 2022, according to Nola.com.The CEO, who Reuters and other outlets call the first woman to own the pageant, will implement a new award for leadership in the contest.Jakrajutatip was always a fan of the pageant, and "grew up watching (Miss Universe) with [his] mother and grandmother.""It’s ...
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

MacIntyre: How the neocon cycle inevitably moves conservatism to the left

I didn’t leave the Democratic Party; the Democratic Party left me. Ronald Reagan’s famous turn of phrase has been adopted by many who find themselves suddenly and inexplicably identified as right-wing. We like to think that the current explosion of wokeness that has forced many moderate liberals out of the Democratic Party is a unique phenomenon, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Every generation, the radical acceleration of the left forces it to shed a certain percentage of liberals who are not willing to adopt the newest progressive dogma, and due to the binary nature of the American political landscape, those individuals inevitably find themselves identified with the conservative movement.
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Amazon employee accused of killing pregnant mother of 3 in company parking lot

A Minnesota man has been arrested and charged with killing a heavily pregnant mother of three in the parking lot of the Amazon facility where he worked, reports claim.Just before 7 p.m. on Sunday evening, police received a call about a woman who had been shot inside a car located in the parking lot of an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Lakeville, Minnesota, about 25 miles south of Minneapolis. When Lakeville police arrived, they found the victim and immediately transported her to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she died of an apparent gunshot wound. Though police have not officially confirmed her identity, family has come forward to claim that the victim was Kyla O’Neal, a 31-year-old mother of ...
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Gov. Walz's appointees will require Minnesota educators to affirm students' gender dysphoria, turn kids into 'agents of social change'

Minnesota will require all educators in the state to embrace contemporary leftist theories about sex and race and to inflict them on students. As of 2025, teachers' licenses will be conferred on those individuals in the state proven willing to "disrupt" normalcy, affirm minors' gender dysphoria, reject "eurocentrism," accept that knowledge is racially informed, and embrace various other ideological fads presently in favor with the radical left.These new requirements will apply to K-12 public and charter school teachers alike, inevitably impacting children statewide. What are the details?The teacher licensing board in Minnesota is called the Professional Educators Licensing and Standards Board.
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Drag shows could be banned from allowing children to attend under new, proposed Arkansas bill

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A new, proposed Arkansas bill aims to protect children by redefining drag shows as an "adult-oriented business," which would prevent people under 18 from legally being allowed to attend the performances, KHBS reported.If passed, the legislation would require drag shows to be held inside adult-oriented places of business and prevent drag performances from being hosted on public property or anywhere children have access.The bill, which was filed on Monday, is sponsored by Senator Gary Stubblefield (R) and Representative Mary Bentley (R), who stated that the legislation is meant to protect children. Arkansas Senate Bill 43 proposes placing drag performances in the same category as strip clubs and other live adult entertainment.
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Drawbridge operator responsible for 'unimaginable' death of 79-year-old woman pleads guilty

A Florida drawbridge operator on duty when an elderly woman, trapped on the bridge, plunged to her death has pled guilty to her role in the incident.Around 1 p.m. on February 6, Carol Wright, 79, was walking her bicycle across the Royal Park Bridge, a drawbridge which connects the island of Palm Beach to West Palm Beach on the Florida mainland. All of a sudden, just as Wright had crossed over the apex of the bridge, it began to open, and Wright immediately grabbed hold of the only thing available: a concrete railing. A witness on a skateboard, Diego Us Pu, was nearby and was able to grasp Wright for a moment.
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023

Sen. Bernie Sanders presses Moderna not to jack up price of COVID-19 vaccine: 'Now is not the time for unacceptable corporate greed'

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Left-wing Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a letter to Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel urging the company not to increase the price of its COVID-19 vaccine.The Wall Street Journal reported that Moderna said it is considering charging $110 to $130 for each vaccine dose in the U.S. once it switches to commercial distribution for the jabs. "I would think this type of pricing is consistent with the value" the vaccine offers, Bancel said, according to the outlet.According to the Journal, the government has been buying all of the vaccine doses and making the shots available at no charge for the public, but officials have indicated that once the COVID-19 vaccine acquired in connection with government contracts is exhausted, businesses ...
The Blaze     Jan 11, 2023