The U.S. women&#8217;s soccer team took another upset on Monday morning, losing to Canada for the first time since 2001 and getting knocked from gold medal contention.
The women&#8217;s team, ranked number one in the world and expected to take home the gold, lost 1-0 in the semifinal contest.
The single goal was scored by Canada&#8217;s Jessie Fleming late in the second half, a penalty kick that sneaked by backup goalkeeper Adrianna Franch.
&#8220;Carli Lloyd — one of several legendary American players on the Olympic roster this year — crouched on the field, holding her head in her hands when the final whistle blew Monday,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/08/02/uswnt-canada-olympics-soccer-live-updates/">detailed</a>. Team USA now has no chance at gold, a feeling Lloyd no doubt was reflecting on.
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Team USA got off to a rocky start at the Tokyo Olympics, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-team-takes-stunning-loss-after-kneeling-for-blm-before-olympic-opener">losing</a> their opener to Sweden 3-0. Notably, before the game, all 22 players <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9809815/US-Team-GB-womens-football-teams-knee-opening-Olympic-Games-matches.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline">took a knee</a> in solidarity with the radical leftist group Black Lives Matter before the game, a major point of contention with U.S. fans.
As <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics-soccer-players-kneel-uswnt-090330888.html">noted</a> by Yahoo!Sports, athletes at the Tokyo Olympics were given space to protest before games and events. Team USA knelt before their kickoff, just as players on Sweden’s women’s team did:
<blockquote>The U.S. women’s national team and other soccer teams knelt before kickoff of their Olympic openers on Wednesday, the first demonstrations under slightly relaxed restrictions on protest at the Games. 
The demonstrations were pre-planned, as they have been before various international soccer matches for over a year now as collective statements against racism and other forms of discrimination. </blockquote>
Canada is rather “woke,” too. One of the team&#8217;s players identifies as transgender. A midfielder known only as Quinn, formerly Rebecca Quinn, is biologically female but identifies as male or non-binary.
The team’s official <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/canada-women-soccer-olympic-roster-2021-national-team-tokyo/16mmio4nqtf9q1bu8komthtl5w">roster</a> and the Canada Soccer website list the soccer player with the singular name, Quinn.
In the Tokyo Olympics, under certain guidance, transgender athletes are allowed to compete against athletes of the gender with which they identify, as opposed to their biological sex.
Quinn, a biological female who identifies as male or “non-binary,” has not tried to participate on the men’s team, however.
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USA v Canada: Women’s Football Semifinal – Olympics: Day 10

UPSET: U.S. Women’s Soccer Loses To Canada, Ending Shot At Gold 

Olympics

Soccer

Tokyo Olympics

Women's Soccer

International Olympic Committee (IOC) medical and science director Dr. Richard Budgett has claimed that “everyone agrees that trans women are women” and praised 42-year-old New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard.
Hubbard, a biological male who identifies as a female, will compete Monday at the Tokyo Olympics against biological women in weightlifting. Hubbard formerly competed against male weightlifters before the athlete identified as a woman and was allowed access to female competitions.
“To put it in a nutshell, the IOC had a scientific consensus back in 2015,” Budgett explained. “There are no IOC rules or regulations around transgender participation. That depends on each international federation.&#8221;
&#8220;So Laurel Hubbard is a woman and is competing under the rules of her federation, and we have to pay tribute to her courage and tenacity in actually competing and qualifying for the Games,&#8221; the doctor said.
“There are lots of aspects of physiology and anatomy, and the mental side, that contribute to an elite performance. It’s very difficult to say, ‘yes, she has an advantage because she went through male puberty,’ when there’s so many other factors to take into account,” Budgett said.
“It’s not simple,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Each sport has to make their own assessment depending on the physiology of that sport so that they can ensure there is fair competition, but also the inclusion of everyone – whether they’re male or female – so they are able to take part in the sport they love.”
Unsurprisingly, permitting biologically male transgender athletes to compete against biological women has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/poll-most-americans-even-dems-agree-transgender-athletes-should-not-compete-against-others-of-gender-with-which-they-identify">opposed</a> by huge portions of the population.
Many female athletes and some famed feminists have spoken out against separating sports based on gender identity instead of biological sex, highlighting how females have lost out on opportunities because of the biological advantages males have over females, even post-trans hormone therapy, as a <a href="https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/11/06/bjsports-2020-102329.full?ijkey=yjlCzZVZFRDZzHz&amp;keytype=ref">British Journal of Sports Medicine</a> study <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/study-trans-women-still-have-athletic-advantage-over-women-after-year-of-hormone-therapy">suggests</a>.
Female weightlifter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feminist-new-zealand-pm-backs-biologically-male-trans-athlete-competing-in-womens-olympic-weightlifting">Anna Vanbellinghen</a>, who could compete in the Olympic Games against Hubbard, has spoken out about the issue, likening the situation to “a bad joke”:
<blockquote>“First off, I would like to stress that I fully support the transgender community, and that what I’m about to say doesn’t come from a place of rejection of this athlete’s identity,” Vanbellinghen <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/rival-on-transgender-weightlifter-laurel-hubbard-competing-in-tokyo-olympics-like-a-bad-joke/ar-AAKzEyV?li=BBnbfcL">said</a> earlier this month. “I am aware that defining a legal frame for transgender participation in sports is very difficult since there is an infinite variety of situations, and that reaching an entirely satisfactory solution, from either side of the debate, is probably impossible.”
“However, anyone that has trained weightlifting at a high level knows this to be true in their bones: this particular situation is unfair to the sport and to the athletes,” the athlete emphasized.
Since Hubbard physically developed as a man before transitioning, the trans weightlifter is at an inherent unfair advantage over biologically female competitors, said Vanbellinghen. “So why is it still a question whether two decades, from puberty to the age of 35, with the hormonal system of a man also would give an advantage?”
“I understand that for sports authorities nothing is as simple as following your common sense, and that there are a lot of impracticalities when studying such a rare phenomenon, but for athletes the whole thing feels like a bad joke,” Vanbellinghen continued.
“Life-changing opportunities are missed for some athletes — medals and Olympic qualifications — and we are powerless.”</blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/like-a-bad-joke-female-competitor-reacts-to-trans-weightlifter-competing-in-olympic-games">‘Like A Bad Joke’: Female Competitor Reacts To Trans Weightlifter Competing In Olympic Games</a>
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Laurel Hubbard

Olympic ‘Medical And Science Director’ Says ‘Everyone Agrees Trans Women Are Women,’ Praises Trans Weightlifter

Transgender

We&#8217;re headed for a woke-off in the women&#8217;s soccer semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Team USA, after besting the Netherlands in penalty kicks on Friday, is headed to the Olympic semifinals next week to face the women&#8217;s Canadian team.
Canada notably has a player on the team who identifies as transgender. A midfielder known only as Quinn, formerly Rebecca Quinn, is biologically female but identifies as male.
The team&#8217;s official <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/canada-women-soccer-olympic-roster-2021-national-team-tokyo/16mmio4nqtf9q1bu8komthtl5w">roster</a> and the Canada Soccer website list the soccer player with the singular name, Quinn.
In the Tokyo Olympics, under certain guidance, transgender athletes are allowed to compete against athletes of the gender with which they identify, as opposed to their biological sex.
Former male weightlifter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/laurel-hubbard-set-to-be-first-openly-trans-olympian-thanks-olympic-committee-for-making-sport-inclusive-and-accessible">Laurel Hubbard</a>, for example, is set to compete against biological women with the permission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) though the weightlifter is biologically male.
Quinn, a biological female who identifies as male or &#8220;non-binary,&#8221; has not tried to participate on the men&#8217;s team, however.
Often sparking backlash, women on the U.S. team have repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-team-takes-stunning-loss-after-kneeling-for-blm-before-olympic-opener">protested</a> the nation they are representing, even during the playing of the national anthem.
Last November, for example, members of the U.S. women’s team wore Black Lives Matter jerseys and kneeled for the anthem in the Netherlands in solidarity with the far-left movement, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-team-don-blm-shirts-and-kneel-for-national-anthem-on-foreign-soil">The Daily Wire</a> reported:
<blockquote>“We love our country, and it is a true honor to represent America. It is also our duty to demand that the liberties and freedoms that our country was founded on extend to everyone,” read a statement that members of the team posted on social media before the game, which ended in a 2-0 defeat against the Netherlands.
“Today, we wear Black Lives Matter to affirm human decency. We protest against racial injustice and police brutality against Black people. We protest against the racist infrastructures that do not provide equal opportunity for Black and brown people to fulfill their dreams, including playing on this team,” the statement continued.
“As the United States Women’s National team players, we collectively work toward a society where the American ideals are upheld, and Black lives are no longer systematically targeted.”
“Black Lives Matter,” the statement concluded.</blockquote>
All 22 players on Team USA last week <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9809815/US-Team-GB-womens-football-teams-knee-opening-Olympic-Games-matches.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline">took a knee</a> in an &#8220;anti-racist&#8221; demonstration prior to kickoff against Sweden.
Other women&#8217;s soccer teams took a knee before kickoff, too, including Sweden, Great Britain, and New Zealand.
Star U.S. player Megan Rapinoe has stood by the protesting at the Olympics, despite the backlash.
“It’s an opportunity for us to continue to use our voices and use our platforms to talk about the things that affect all of us intimately in different ways,” Rapinoe said following the team&#8217;s loss to Sweden, <a href="https://www.today.com/news/megan-rapinoe-alex-morgan-soccer-players-take-knee-protest-tokyo-t226302">according</a> to The Associated Press.
“We have people from Team USA, from all over the country, from all backgrounds, and people literally from all over the world for every other team so I obviously encourage everyone to use that platform to the best of their ability to do the most good that they possibly can in the world, especially as all eyes are on Tokyo these next couple weeks,” she continued.
“We’re on the global stage, with the world’s media, and eyeballs and people’s attention, all drawn to one place with a collection of incredible athletes from all over the world, who care a lot about what they’re doing here in Tokyo in terms of their sport, and who care a lot about a lot of other things.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-reacts-to-backlash-says-media-needs-to-get-better-with-criticism-of-womens-sports">Megan Rapinoe Reacts To Backlash, Says Media Needs To ‘Get Better’ With Criticism Of Women’s Sports</a>
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2021 SheBelieves Cup – United States v Canada

Canadian Team, With Trans Player, To Face Off Against USA In Soccer Semifinals 

Transgender Athletes

Saturday Night Live&#8217;s edgiest cast member Michael Che took to Instagram this week to post jokes about top American gymnast Simone Biles for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics after a shaky vault performance.
After Che said he wanted to &#8220;make fun of Simone Biles,&#8221; he posted numerous screenshots of jokes followers sent him about Biles that he rated on a scale from 1-10.
One of the jokes Che rated referenced convicted sexual abuser Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor who abused hundreds of girls and women. Biles previously came forward as one of his victims.
However, following backlash Che mocked his critics, joking that his account was hacked and assuring his fans he &#8220;only&#8221; makes &#8220;jokes about whites and cops.&#8221; Emphasizing his point, Che then made a reference to rapper <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/30/entertainment/dababy-elton-madonna-backlash-trnd/index.html">DeBaby</a>, who&#8217;s in hot water for making remarks critics have blasted as homophobic. &#8220;Yall hear about dababy tho..? that’s crazy,&#8221; the SNL cast member wrote.
&#8220;Man, I wanna make fun of Simone Biles,&#8221; Che posted to his Instagram stories. &#8220;I got like three mins of Simone Biles jokes in my head. I&#8217;m going to the cellar tonight to say them into a microphone. As the dorky kids say, I&#8217;m choosing violence.&#8221;
He later posted a screenshot of the Nassar-centered joke, captioning it, &#8220;Goddamn, that&#8217;s rough. Absolutely tasteless. 9/10.&#8221;
Another joke Che screenshotted read, &#8220;Okay, so I am shivering while typing this.. but you are encouraging me. &#8216;Who said black don&#8217;t crack?'&#8221;
&#8220;Now that&#8217;s a good joke,&#8221; Che captioned the post. &#8220;Economical. Referential. Balanced. Good job. 8/10.&#8221;
Reacting to backlash, Che published an Instagram post joking that he was &#8220;hacked.&#8221;
&#8220;Maaannnn, I got hacked today. Can&#8217;t beleive they got me. Y&#8217;all know I only do jokes about whites and cops. S&#8217;all good now, I changed my password and everything.. anyway, y&#8217;all hear about debaby tho..? That&#8217;s crazy.. iight. See y&#8217;all at church. Imma get there early.&#8221;
Biles stunned fans and competitors this week when she pulled out of the women&#8217;s gymnastic team finals at the Olympics, citing her mental health.
“Whenever you get in a high-stress situation, you kind of freak out. I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and well-being,” Biles <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/simone-biles-naomi-osaka-mental-health-olympics_n_61001bdae4b00fa7af7c385b">told</a> reporters.
“We have to protect our body and our mind. It just sucks when you’re fighting with your own head.”
“I feel like I’m also not having as much fun — and this Olympic Games I wanted it to be for myself and it felt like I was still doing for other people — and that hurts my heart that doing what I love has been taken away from me.”
“There’s more to life than just gymnastics,” Biles added.
The 24-year-old then made the decision to skip the individual all-around competition.
“After further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition, in order to focus on her mental health,” a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-withdraws-from-individual-all-around-event-to-focus-on-mental-health">statement</a> from USA Gymnastics said. “Simone will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether or not to participate in next week’s individual event finals. Jade Carey, who had the ninth highest score in the qualifications, will participate in her place in the all-around.”
“We wholeheartedly support Simone’s decision and applaud her bravery in prioritizing her well-being. Her courage shows, yet again, why she is a role model for so many.”
Che has since <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chethinks/">deleted</a> all his Instagram posts.
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Saturday Night Live – Season 46

SNL’s Michael Che Posts Simone Biles Jokes, Mocks Backlash: ‘Only Do Jokes About Whites And Cops’ 

Michael Che

Saturday Night Live

Simone Biles

A 26-year-old Minnesota man has admitted to setting a local pawnshop ablaze while rioting last May to protest the death of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-floyd">George Floyd</a>.
Montez T. Lee Jr., however, is claiming he&#8217;s not responsible for the death of a 30-year-old man found inside the burned down shop.
Last week, Lee admitted in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to one count of arson in connection with the fire that engulfed the Max It Pawn store on May 28, 2020, the Star Tribune <a href="https://www.startribune.com/man-admits-setting-pawnshop-ablaze-during-george-floyd-riots-but-he-denies-responsibility-for-man-fo/600081957/">reported</a> Tuesday.
&#8220;Surveillance video footage showed Lee pouring an accelerant around the shop and lighting it. A second video captured Lee standing in front of the burning business and saying that they were going to burn it down,&#8221; the report added. Oscar Lee Stewart Jr.&#8217;s dead body was recovered about two months later inside the burned pawnshop.
&#8220;An autopsy conducted by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office ruled that Stewart died of smoke inhalation and excessive burns,&#8221; the Star Tribune report noted.
Lee&#8217;s defense attorney Bruce Rivers claims he has &#8220;a competing medical examination&#8221; in relation to Stewart&#8217;s death. Rivers also said his client &#8220;prior to lighting the fire looked through the building to make sure no one was there.&#8221;
&#8220;He feels terrible,&#8221; Rivers added.
Lee, thus far, has not been charged directly with Stewart&#8217;s death; instead, prosecution &#8220;is going to push for a harsher sentence because the arson resulted in a death,&#8221; said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office, Tasha Zerna.
&#8220;Prosecutors are contending that federal sentencing guidelines call for Lee to receive a prison term ranging from 17½ to 20 years,&#8221; the Star Tribune reported. &#8220;The defense calculates a term of five years.&#8221;
The Black Lives Matter riots exploded across the nation last year resulted in the deaths of dozens, including Stewart, and billions of dollars in damage.
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/retired-police-captain-was-murdered-while-protecting-his-friends-pawn-shop-during-riots-widow-says">The Daily Wire</a>, retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn, 77, was killed while defending his friend’s pawnshop from rioters:
<blockquote>In video that has since been removed, Dorn, 77, can be seen defending the business during his last moments of life. Dorn was killed by looters and rioters who broke into Lee’s Pawn &amp; Jewelry; his body was found on the sidewalk outside around 2:30 a.m. [June 2, 2020]. &#8230;
Dorn’s wife, St. Louis police Sgt. Ann Marie Dorn, told the St. Louis Dispatch that her husband was friends with the owner of the pawn shop and regularly came to the owner’s aid whenever alarms went off.</blockquote>
“Our highest respect to the family of David Dorn, a Great Police Captain from St. Louis, who was viciously shot and killed by despicable looters last night,&#8221; then-President Donald Trump honored Dorn at the time. &#8220;We honor our police officers, perhaps more than ever before. Thank you!”
The rioting and looting that took place following Floyd’s death reportedly cost insurance companies up to $2 billion, making them the most expensive incident in insurance history, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riots-looting-that-followed-george-floyds-death-could-cost-2-billion-most-expensive-incident-in-insurance-history">The Daily Wire</a> highlighted.
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Montez T. Lee Jr.

George Floyd Rioter Admits He Set Pawnshop Ablaze But Denies Killing Man Inside

Top American gymnast Simone Biles is seeing nothing but support from her big-name sponsors since she chose to pull out of the team finals and individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics so she can focus on her mental health.
And experts say her sponsorships are only expected to grow from here, noting that Biles could become &#8220;a very potent athletic spokeswoman for mental health.&#8221;
After the 24-year-old gymnast withdrew from competition at the Olympics, Biles, whose reported net worth is estimated between $6-10 million, &#8220;received an outpouring of support from both the public and her sponsors, including Visa, United Airlines, Gap&#8217;s Athleta, Core Power, Nabisco and Uber Eats,&#8221; a FOX Business report <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/simone-biles-boosts-endorsement-potential-despite-olympics-withdrawal">outlined</a>.
Top sports agent Leigh Steinberg told FOX Business that Biles could become &#8220;a very potent athletic spokeswoman for mental health.&#8221;
&#8220;This has been someone who&#8217;s been in the public eye for a long time, has a pristine record, and there will be people who think this is her finest moment,&#8221; Steinberg said. &#8220;Athletic achievement is valuable but helping people deal with life problems is an even greater service and so I think she comes out of this well.&#8221;
&#8220;She could still be in multiple-hundred-thousand-dollar deals or long-term deals,&#8221; he added. &#8220;At the height someone could be doing seven-figure deals, but that would be a long-term relationship with a company that would involve television and print ads, social media and all the rest of it.&#8221;
CEO of integrated sports marketing and media agency rEvolution John Rowady agreed with Steinberg.
“Rowady sees Biles&#8217; courage as a &#8216;true watershed moment&#8217; for the world of sports and an opportunity for more mental health companies to be recognized and help raise awareness of &#8216;mental health issues in sports and beyond,’” the FOX report noted.
&#8220;Meditation app Calm, while not an Olympic partner, has been vocal in their support of Simone as well. And Calm has already signed on as a corporate sponsor of the Bucks and Trail Blazers,&#8221; Rowady noted.
Entertainment and business law attorney Domenic Romano of Romano Law hit another note, emphasizing that any company choosing to pull sponsorship from Biles could do serious damage to their image.
&#8220;Being tone-deaf could anger consumers and fans who are strong supporters and discourage future athletes from pursuing marketing relationships with brands that display insensitivity,&#8221; Romano said.
“Whenever you get in a high-stress situation, you kind of freak out. I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and well-being,” Biles <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/simone-biles-naomi-osaka-mental-health-olympics_n_61001bdae4b00fa7af7c385b">told</a> reporters after she pulled out of the finals and stunning fans and competitors.
“We have to protect our body and our mind. It just sucks when you’re fighting with your own head.”
“I feel like I’m also not having as much fun — and this Olympic Games I wanted it to be for myself and it felt like I was still doing for other people — and that hurts my heart that doing what I love has been taken away from me.”
“There’s more to life than just gymnastics,” Biles added.
The 24-year-old then made the decision to skip the individual all-around competition, too.
“After further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition, in order to focus on her mental health,” a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-withdraws-from-individual-all-around-event-to-focus-on-mental-health">statement</a> from USA Gymnastics said. “Simone will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether or not to participate in next week’s individual event finals. Jade Carey, who had the ninth highest score in the qualifications, will participate in her place in the all-around.”
“We wholeheartedly support Simone’s decision and applaud her bravery in prioritizing her well-being. Her courage shows, yet again, why she is a role model for so many.”
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JAPAN-TOKYO-OLY-ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS-WOMEN’S TEAM-FINAL

Simone Biles’ Endorsements To Only Grow Following Olympic Withdrawal: Report 

Mental Health

Parents of U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Omaha bar owner Jake Gardner have filed a lawsuit against a Douglas County attorney and the special prosecutor who branded their son racist before Gardner committed suicide.
Gardner fatally shot an anti-police rioter, 22-year-old James Scurlock, during a struggle outside of his bar last May.
Gardner was initially cleared of all charges after it was determined that he acted in self-defense. However, following unrest largely because of the races of Scurlock, who is black, and Gardner, who is white, the DA appointed special prosecutor Fred Franklin and a grand jury, hoping “it would restore public faith in the justice system,” NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/09/16/913812914/omaha-grand-jury-indicts-bar-owner-over-fatal-shooting-of-black-protester-in-may">reported</a>.
Franklin, who said he initially thought Gardner acted in <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/09/16/913812914/omaha-grand-jury-indicts-bar-owner-over-fatal-shooting-of-black-protester-in-may">self-defense</a>, agreed with the grand jury and announced in September that Gardner was indicted on charges of manslaughter, attempted first-degree assault, terroristic threats, and use of a firearm in connection with a felony.
One week later, Gardner committed suicide.
The suit, filed Monday by Gardner’s parents, David and Glenda Sue Gardner, claims Franklin and Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine violated their son&#8217;s Sixth and 14th Amendment rights. The Omaha World-Herald <a href="https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lawsuit-contends-special-prosecutors-comments-caused-jake-gardner-to-kill-himself/article_33d2b06a-eed5-11eb-9fcb-b36674f65e6a.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1">reported</a> on the allegations outlined in the lawsuit:
<blockquote>The suit alleges Franklin conspired with Kleine and two retired Omaha police detectives who were on Franklin’s team to make false and misleading statements to the news media. Franklin’s statements, the suit says, “included implications that Mr. Gardner was a racist” and “also falsely stated that it was Mr. Gardner’s own words that showed his intent to kill.”
The statements, which the lawsuit contends impacted Gardner’s right to a fair trial, “caused Mr. Gardner to lose all faith in the justice system and become paranoid and afraid for his life,” the lawsuit states. “As a result of this extreme emotional distress, Mr. Gardner committed suicide on Sept. 20, 2020.”</blockquote>
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/veteran-bar-owner-commits-suicide-week-after-special-prosecutor-indicts-him-for-fatally-shooting-rioter">The Daily Wire</a> back in September, Gardner’s attorneys at the time, Stu Dornan and Tom Monaghan, <a href="https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jake-gardner-has-killed-himself-in-oregon-authorities-say/article_67d6cd0c-049a-5e15-9bf7-d812e212b5cb.html">according</a> to the Omaha World-Herald, said their client’s suicide stemmed from “a cocktail of behavioral health problems stemming from head trauma he experienced during military service, the belief that people were out to kill him, and an ‘incessant rush to judgment’ by social media jockeys.”
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They also disclosed that Gardner was receiving “death threats.”
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“Bottom line, Dornan and Monaghan said, Gardner had lost his bars (a landlord ended his lease after the shooting), his home, his livelihood,” the report said. “And he was about to lose his freedom. Add in behavioral health concerns, Dornan said, and suicide was not a surprise, even though his attorneys fully expected him to turn himself in Sunday night.”
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“I had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Gardner before his return, and he was really shook up,” Dornan said. “The grand jury indictment was a shock to him, it was a shock to us, it was a shock to many people.”
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Klein told the Omaha World-Herald this week in reaction to the suit, “The allegations in my opinion are unfounded.&#8221;
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Minneapolis Riot

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American Sunisa Lee, 18, took gold in the women&#8217;s individual all-around gymnasts competition following the dramatic departure of teammate Simone Biles at the Tokyo Olympics.
Lee was apparently up for the challenge, edging out Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade to become the fifth-straight American woman to take home the gold in the all-around competition.
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Hugs for a champion ❤️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tokyo2020</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Olympics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StrongerTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StrongerTogether</a> <a href="https://t.co/8kTWU5ji0J">pic.twitter.com/8kTWU5ji0J</a>
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Carly Patterson, Nastia Liukin, Gabby Douglas, Biles, and Lee have been the successive all-around gold medalists for the United States since 2004.
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&#8220;With the news that Simone Biles was out of the women&#8217;s all-around competition, all eyes were on Sunisa Lee as the American gymnast who was most likely to become Olympic champion by the end of the day,&#8221; ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31906779/olympic-women-gymnastics-all-live-updates-team-usa-suni-lee-wins-gold">reported</a> Thursday. &#8220;Lee was up for the challenge. The 18-year-old put together a string of masterful performances to edge Brazilian Rebeca Andrade (57.298) for the gold medal with a total score of 57.433. Lee becomes the sixth American gymnast to accomplish the feat. Andrade&#8217;s silver is the first ever Olympic medal for Brazil in women&#8217;s gymnastics history.&#8221;
&#8220;When she was a kid, Suni’s parents couldn’t afford to get her a balance beam for her to practice, so her dad built her one. From a homemade balance beam to an Olympic gold medalist,&#8221; National Review&#8217;s Alexandra DeSanctis Marr commented. &#8220;Amazing.&#8221;
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When she was a kid, Suni’s parents couldn’t afford to get her a balance beam for her to practice, so her dad built her one. From a homemade balance beam to an Olympic gold medalist. Amazing
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ESPN reported on the final standings for the competition:
<blockquote>1. Sunisa Lee, USA &#8211; 57.433
2. Rebeca Andrade, Brazil &#8211; 57.298
3. Angelina Melnikova, Russian Olympic Committee &#8211; 57.199
4. Vladislava Urazova, Russian Olympic Committee &#8211; 56.966
5. Mai Murakami, Japan &#8211; 56.032
6. Nina Derwael, Belgium &#8211; 55.965
7. Xijing Tang, China &#8211; 54.498
8. Jade Carey, USA &#8211; 54.199</blockquote>
Earlier this week, Biles notably pulled out the women&#8217;s team finals citing her mental health.
“Whenever you get in a high-stress situation, you kind of freak out. I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and well-being,” the gymnast <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/simone-biles-naomi-osaka-mental-health-olympics_n_61001bdae4b00fa7af7c385b">told</a> reporters.
“We have to protect our body and our mind. It just sucks when you’re fighting with your own head.”
“I feel like I’m also not having as much fun — and this Olympic Games I wanted it to be for myself and it felt like I was still doing for other people — and that hurts my heart that doing what I love has been taken away from me.”
“There’s more to life than just gymnastics,” Biles added.
The 24-year-old later made the decision to skip the individual all-around competition, too.
&#8220;After further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition, in order to focus on her mental health,&#8221; a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/simone-biles-withdraws-from-individual-all-around-event-to-focus-on-mental-health">statement</a> from USA Gymnastics said. &#8220;Simone will continue to be evaluated daily to determine whether or not to participate in next week’s individual event finals. Jade Carey, who had the ninth highest score in the qualifications, will participate in her place in the all-around.&#8221;
&#8220;We wholeheartedly support Simone’s decision and applaud her bravery in prioritizing her well-being. Her courage shows, yet again, why she is a role model for so many.&#8221;
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Gymnastics – Artistic – Olympics: Day 6

Stepping Up: Suni Lee Wins Gold For America After Simone Biles Pulls Out Of Competition 

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Costa Rican gymnast Luciana Alvarado took a knee and raised a clenched black power fist at the end of her floor routine, paying tribute to leftist anti-police activist group Black Lives Matter while skirting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) protest rules.
Alvarado, the first gymnast from Costa Rica to qualify for the Olympics, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/costa-rican-gymnast-olympic-first-lauded-black-lives-matter-tribute-rcna1515">confirmed</a> to The Associated Press that she was honoring the BLM moment.
“Because we’re all the same,” the 18-year-old gymnast said. “We’re all beautiful and amazing.”
According to NBC, Alvarado further explained on the <a href="https://gymcastic.com/live-blog-2020-tokyo-olympics-womens-podium-training/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GymCastic</a> podcast the significance of the protest: &#8220;Alvarado said she felt that if she did &#8216;something that brings everyone together,&#8217; it adds to the importance of treating everyone with dignity and respect and recognizing everyone has the same rights.&#8221;
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Luciana Alvarado of Costa Rica ends her gymnastics routine by kneeling with a clenched fist to honor <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> <a href="https://t.co/GL4paPlSs5">pic.twitter.com/GL4paPlSs5</a>
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The IOC has barred political protesting on the medal podium, though athletes are allowed to protest before their events, matches, and games.
Alvarado&#8217;s protest is being called an IOC policy &#8220;loophole.&#8221;
&#8220;Because she incorporated the gesture as an artistic element in her floor routine, the governing organization might not be able to enforce any sort of penalty against her,&#8221; USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/26/olympic-gymnast-luciana-alvarado-raises-fist-black-lives-matter/5374945001/">noted</a>.
Women&#8217;s soccer players from numerous countries have included their own protests, too.
All 22 players on Team USA took a knee to protest alleged rampant racism in the U.S. in solidarity with BLM before their 3-0 loss to Sweden last week. Sweden&#8217;s players, too, took a knee during pregame.
Women&#8217;s soccer players from Chile, New Zealand, and Great Britain took a knee before their games, as well.
Star forward and captain for the U.S. women&#8217;s soccer team Megan Rapinoe stood by the team’s kneeling protest.
“It’s an opportunity for us to continue to use our voices and use our platforms to talk about the things that affect all of us intimately in different ways,” Rapinoe said, <a href="https://www.today.com/news/megan-rapinoe-alex-morgan-soccer-players-take-knee-protest-tokyo-t226302">according</a> to The Associated Press.
“We have people from Team USA, from all over the country, from all backgrounds, and people literally from all over the world for every other team so I obviously encourage everyone to use that platform to the best of their ability to do the most good that they possibly can in the world, especially as all eyes are on Tokyo these next couple weeks,” she continued.
“We’re on the global stage, with the world’s media, and eyeballs and people’s attention, all drawn to one place with a collection of incredible athletes from all over the world, who care a lot about what they’re doing here in Tokyo in terms of their sport, and who care a lot about a lot of other things.”
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<li><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tokyo-olympic-social-media-teams-barred-from-posting-photos-of-protesting-athletes">Tokyo Olympic Social Media Teams Barred From Posting Photos Of Protesting Athletes: Report</a></li>
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PANAM-2019-GYM-CRC

Woke Olympics: Gymnast Incorporates Black Lives Matter Protest In Floor Routine 

Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) broke down in bipartisan tears during a Monday hearing on the January 6 Capitol breach.
Schiff became &#8220;visibly emotional&#8221; after hearing an officer testify about the riot.
“I&#8217;d like to think, as Amanda Gorman so eloquently said, that we&#8217;re not broken — we&#8217;re just unfinished,&#8221; Schiff said, <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/schiff-kinzinger-tear-jan-6-214300805.html">according</a> to the Washington Examiner. &#8220;Because if we&#8217;re no longer committed to a peaceful transfer of power after our elections if our side doesn&#8217;t win, then God help us. We deem elections illegitimate merely because they don&#8217;t go our way rather than trying to do better the next time, then God help us.&#8221;
&#8220;And if we&#8217;re so driven by bigotry and hate that we attack our fellow citizens as traitors if they were born in another country or they don&#8217;t look like us,&#8221; the Democrat added, before tearing up. “Then God help us. But I have faith because of folks like you.”
“I didn&#8217;t expect this would be emotional either,” Schiff added. “It must be an Adam thing today.”
Kinzinger also openly cried.
“I never expected today to be quite as emotional for me as it has been,” the Republican said. “I&#8217;ve talked to a number of you and gotten to know you. I think it&#8217;s important to tell you right now, though: You guys may, like, individually, feel a little broken. &#8230; But you guys won. You guys held.”
“Democracies are not defined by our bad days,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We&#8217;re defined by how we come back from bad days, how we take accountability for that. For all the overheated rhetoric surrounding this committee, our mission is very simple: It&#8217;s to find the truth, and it&#8217;s to ensure accountability.”
Kinzinger was approved to the January 6 select committee after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected GOP Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana.
Jordan on Monday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rep-jim-jordan-pelosi-threw-me-off-jan-6-commission-after-i-pressed-about-her-role-in-security-breakdown">accused</a> Pelosi of throwing him off the committee for pressing about her alleged role in the security breakdown at the Capitol that day.
“The real question is, and I’ve said this many times, why weren’t those guys who testified today and all the other Capitol Hill police who protect us and protect Capitol Hill, why weren’t they given more help?” Jordan <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/rep-jordan-pelosi-jan-6-capitol-commission-fundamental-questions">told</a> Fox News host Bret Baier.
“Why wasn’t more help there that day? And the only person who can answer that question is the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,” the Republican said. “And I think she thought we were going to keep raising that question, and that’s why she didn’t put me on [the committee].”
Jordan further told Baier he believes Pelosi reportedly hesitated to call on the National Guard that day over “optics,” noting of the Democrats’ strong anti-police position.
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Rep. Adam Schiff starts tearing up during the Jan 6 Select Committee hearing:
&quot;If we deem elections illegitimate merely because they didn’t go our way rather than trying to do better the next time, then God help us.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/BHQZHnfilT">pic.twitter.com/BHQZHnfilT</a>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rep-jim-jordan-pelosi-threw-me-off-jan-6-commission-after-i-pressed-about-her-role-in-security-breakdown">Rep. Jim Jordan: Pelosi Threw Me Off Jan. 6 Commission After I Pressed About Her Role In Security Breakdown</a>
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House Select Committee Investigating January 6 Attack On US Capitol Holds First Hearing

Reps. Schiff, Kinzinger Break Down In Tears During Jan. 6 Hearing

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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) of throwing him off the January 6 House commission for pressing about her alleged role in the security breakdown at the Capitol that day.
&#8220;The real question is, and I&#8217;ve said this many times, why weren&#8217;t those guys who testified today and all the other Capitol Hill police who protect us and protect Capitol Hill, why weren&#8217;t they given more help?&#8221; Jordan <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/rep-jordan-pelosi-jan-6-capitol-commission-fundamental-questions">told</a> Fox News host Bret Baier on Monday.
&#8220;Why wasn&#8217;t more help there that day? And the only person who can answer that question is the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,&#8221; Jordan said. &#8220;And I think she thought we were going to keep raising that question, and that&#8217;s why she didn&#8217;t put me on [the committee].&#8221;
Pelosi barred both Jordan and Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) from the committee. Banks similarly <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jim-banks-nancy-pelosi-questions-january-6th-intelligence-capitol-riot">blasted</a> the House Speaker for refusing to answer questions concerning the security at the Capitol.
Jordan further told Baier he believes Pelosi reportedly hesitated to call on the National Guard that day over &#8220;optics,&#8221; noting of the Democrats&#8217; strong anti-police position.
&#8220;My hunch is because what happened all last summer [when] we saw Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats say that we should defund the police. We saw Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats say that rioters and looters who attacked police, destroyed small business, and hurt innocent civilians- they actually raised money to bail them out of jail,&#8221; the Ohio lawmaker said. &#8220;So when that&#8217;s the background, it&#8217;s kind of tough to say, &#8216;we&#8217;re for defunding the police. But, oh, by the way, we want more police here to protect us on January 6th.&#8221;
According to Fox News, Pelosi, as House Speaker, &#8220;does appoint the House sergeant-at-arms, who is on the <a href="https://www.uscp.gov/the-department/oversight" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Capitol Police Board</a> that oversees the department. The <a href="https://www.uscp.gov/the-department/oversight" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">department is also overseen</a> by committees from both houses of Congress.&#8221; She does not directly oversee the U.S. Capitol Police.
&#8220;We&#8217;re just asking a fundamental question,&#8221; Jordan continued, &#8220;why wasn&#8217;t there a proper security posture on January 6, and what have we done to correct that? And to make sure it doesn&#8217;t happen in the future. I think those are fundamental questions. It&#8217;s not about blame. The blame resides with the people who did wrong. They should be prosecuted and they are being.&#8221;
The Republican also emphasized the &#8220;political&#8221; nature of the committee, arguing that the commission is the clear targeting of former President Donald Trump.
&#8220;And, I would argue this: The main reason the Democrats want to keep talking about January sixth, because what the heck else are they going to talk about?&#8221; he added.
&#8220;They going to talk about the twelve murders in Chicago last week?&#8221; questioned Jordan. &#8220;Are they going to talk about the price of goods and services up for everything? Are they going to talk about the fact that our border &#8211; I mean, we had a record number of illegal crossings in March until April, and then we had a record number in April, until May. We had a record number in May, until June. That is a bad trend.&#8221;
&#8220;They can&#8217;t talk about any of that stuff. So they&#8217;re going to focus on doing what they always do, attack the former president.&#8221;
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Speaker Pelosi Speaks In Los Angeles On New Child Tax Credit

Rep. Jim Jordan: Pelosi Threw Me Off Jan. 6 Commission After I Pressed About Her Role In Security Breakdown

When the charismatic gymnastics superstar Simone Biles quit on her teammates and dropped out of the women&#8217;s finals at the Tokyo Olympics for her mental health and <a href="https://twitter.com/espn/status/1420019581482057734">was widely praised for it</a>, the first thing that came to mind was tennis star Naomi Osaka.
Osaka pulled out of the French Open earlier this year, claiming she did so over mental health struggles. The applause was fierce. Osaka became the media&#8217;s Golden Girl for &#8220;getting real&#8221; about mental health and performing the ultimate act of &#8220;self-care.&#8221;
That act of &#8220;self-care&#8221; was apparently quitting on her dreams because things were too hard.
This praised act of quitting-when-the-going-gets-tough must have influenced Biles to quit on her teammates and country in the Olympics after her rocky start and after she admitted that the pressure was getting to her.
To no surprise, Biles was <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/simone-biles-naomi-osaka-mental-health-olympics_n_61001bdae4b00fa7af7c385b">influenced</a> by Osaka. She even said so following her decision to pull out of the finals.
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“Whenever you get in a high-stress situation, you kind of freak out. I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and well-being,&#8221; the gymnast <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/simone-biles-naomi-osaka-mental-health-olympics_n_61001bdae4b00fa7af7c385b">told</a> reporters.
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“I feel like I’m also not having as much fun — and this Olympic Games I wanted it to be for myself and it felt like I was still doing for other people — and that hurts my heart that doing what I love has been taken away from me.&#8221;
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“There’s more to life than just gymnastics,” Biles added, noting that the team is planning to have a “mental rest day” Wednesday.
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Mental health, of course, is a serious issue.
But there&#8217;s also no doubt that &#8220;mental health&#8221; has become incredibly trendy &#8212; peruse on TikTok for ten minutes and count up how many young people you can view bragging about their self-described mental illness, anxiety, or breakdowns as if they were a badge of honor.
The allure of tending to one&#8217;s mental health, too, has become a convenient way to excuse a lack of effort, our shortcomings, or our decisions to quit on things we have committed to rather than face potential outcomes of failure.
And that&#8217;s the heart of the issue here. We cannot as a society applaud, praise, and reward young women, or anyone, for choosing to quit rather than possibly fail.
Mental toughness is a crucial part of sports, and it&#8217;s a crucial part of life. This is not to belittle mental health struggles or to say we can always overcome pressures and other anxieties with mental toughness. We can&#8217;t.
But we should always applaud those who choose to fight, who choose to try, even if they fail.
Failure is part of life, it&#8217;s also healthy and where we usually learn and grow the most.
If Biles were to look back on this experience, I find it hard to believe she&#8217;ll be more comfortable with her decision to quit rather than if she had tried her best and failed.
Let me suggest we swap out normalizing &#8220;self-care&#8221; for commitment. Biles, Osaka, and hordes of other young people will be better for it.
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