It’s Tuesday, September 21st, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/morning-wire">here</a>.
1) Pfizer Announces Vaccine Data For Kids 
The Topline: On Monday, Pfizer <a href="https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-and-biontech-announce-positive-topline-results">announced</a> that a more limited dose of its COVID-19 vaccine produced “robust” results for 5 to 11-year-olds.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCxFAAwI6yw">Quote Of The Day:</a>
“I believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea.”
–  Dr. Anthony Fauci, last month
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Pfizer Vaccine For Kids
Vaccines are currently only approved for children 12 and up, but this might soon change. Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, say they saw positive results when they gave younger children one-third of the adult dose of the vaccine.
The children who received the modified dose — administered in two stages — showed similar levels of antibodies as vaccinated teens.Remember: Pfizer’s data has not been <a href="https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/572996-groundbreaking-study-finds-pfizer-vaccine-safe">peer-reviewed</a> or published yet.
Side Effects
Pfizer says the younger children they tested suffered no more severe side effects than teens or adults: mostly soreness, fatigue, or headaches.
The company says it found no cases of myocarditis — the heart inflammation found as a side effect primarily in teenage boys — but the company can’t rule it out.
Timeline
Pfizer says it will seek emergency authorization promptly — but first, it has to submit its research to the FDA. Once that happens, acting commissioner Janet Woodcock has said the FDA could approve the vaccine in “a matter of weeks.” Dr. Scott Gottlieb — her predecessor, who is now on Pfizer’s board — said the vaccine could be ready by late October or November. 
COVID-19 And Kids
Children have a smaller number of serious infections than adults. According to the CDC, a total of <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge">439</a> children under the age of 18 have died from COVID-19 as of September 15, out of <a href="https://www.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/">almost 5.3 million</a> infections. 
Only <a href="https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-on-Ages-0-18-Yea/nr4s-juj3">280</a> children between the ages of 5 and 18 have died with the disease over the course of the pandemic. 
The number of children being hospitalized with COVID-19 rose over the summer, but now appears to be declining. Children make up less than 2% of all COVID-19 hospitalizations nationwide. 
Doctors say many of those hospitalizations come from <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kids-hospitalized-covid-experts-arent-sure-re-sicker-rcna2041">co-infections</a>, where the child has another condition in addition to COVID-19.
Vaccine Mandates
The nation’s largest school district, LAUSD, the Los Angeles United School District, already <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health-news/will-more-schools-follow-los-angeles-lead-and-require-covid-19-vaccination">demands</a> that all students age 12 and up be vaccinated to receive in-person instruction. 
Dr. Anthony Fauci has endorsed mandating vaccines for children to go to school. 
Looking ahead: This likely won’t stop with children who are five years old since infant testing is underway in some areas. Pfizer and Moderna have announced they currently are, or plan to begin testing children as young as 6 months old by the end of the year.
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2) Democrat Immigration Proposal Faces Major Setback
The Topline: Over the weekend, the Biden administration was dealt a setback, as their plan to include sweeping immigration reform as part of a spending bill was rejected by an official advisor to the United States Senate.
The Ruling
Reports from late Sunday evening said the Senate parliamentarian indicated that Democrats can’t include a so-called “pathway to citizenship” for illegal immigrants in their latest multi-trillion dollar spending bill. 
In addition, Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) are opposed to the bill and could jeopardize its passage. 
Reactions
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) released a statement saying, “Democrats will not be able to stuff their most radical amnesty proposals into the reckless taxing and spending spree they are assembling behind closed doors.”
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) tweeted, “This ruling by the parliamentarian is only a recommendation. Senator Schumer and the White House can and should ignore it.”
What Does It Mean?
The Parliamentarian of the United States Senate is an official advisor to the Senate on the interpretation of the body’s standing rules and parliamentary procedure. The parliamentarian serves at the pleasure of the Senate Majority Leader, with Elizabeth MacDonough holding the position since 2012 after being appointed by former Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Remember: This is an advisory position, and the Presiding Officer can overrule the advice, but doing so would be unusual.
The parliamentarian is able to decide what is allowed under the Senate’s Reconciliation process. The reconciliation process speeds up the passage of budget-related legislation, allowing it to be approved by a simple majority, rather than the sixty votes needed to end debate and block a filibuster.
With the parliamentarian saying, “policy changes of this proposal far outweigh the budgetary impact,” any hopes progressive Democrats had of including a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants into the bill have been challenged. 
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3) Hollywood Divided Over Vaccine Mandates
The Topline: Many of the world’s biggest stars have expressed support for COVID-19 vaccine mandates, but a few celebrities have recently gone against the trend.
Quote Of The Day:
Eighty percent of the artists that you all are following right now feel like I feel about the vaccine and are too afraid to speak on it. 
&#8230;It’s disgusting that a person can’t speak about just questions or thoughts they’re having about something that they’re going to have to put in their body.
– Rapper Nicki Minaj, Instagram Post
Nicki Minaj
Last week, Grammy-nominated rapper Nicki Minaj tweeted that she didn’t go to the Met Gala because event organizers had implemented a vaccine mandate.
MSNBC’s Joy Reid, late night host Jimmy Kimmel, and several other celebs slammed her comments as harmful.
Minaj essentially said she’s still researching and people shouldn’t be bullied into getting the shot.
Other Stars Speak Out
Some other stars like Eric Clapton, Gisele Bündchen and Saturday Night Live alum Jim Breuer have expressed similar concerns.
Supermodel Doutzen Kroes put out a statement against mandates, saying, “I will not be forced to take the shot. I will not be forced to prove my health to participate in society. I will not accept exclusion of people based on their medical status … Freedom of speech is a right worth fighting for.”
Remember: The <a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-data-on-covid-19-vaccinations-race-ethnicity/">latest stats</a> show only about 43% of the black community is vaccinated, so Minaj and others are speaking for a significant portion of the population.
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Other Stories We’re Tracking
Elon Musk
Elon Musk has committed $50 million to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital as part of a larger fundraising effort associated with the Inspiration4 launch. The fundraiser is on track to meet it’s $200 million donation goal. St. Jude’s Children&#8217;s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, treats childhood cancer free of charge. 
Del Rio
The U.S. is continuing to fly Haitian migrants who amassed at the southern border in Texas back to their home country. Around 14,000 migrants were huddled under a bridge in the border town of Del Rio and several flights a day have been scheduled this week to remove them. 
2021 Emmys 
The 2021 Emmy awards show was skewered on social media when viewers observed very few stars were wearing masks or practicing social distancing, while staff and servers on site were masked. 
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Tuesday | September 21st, 2021

Morning Wire

It’s Saturday, September 18th, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/morning-wire">here</a>.
1) Disappearances In Communist China
The Topline: Four years ago, the wife of Chinese businessman Desmond Shun disappeared in what’s suspected to be another case of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) targeting influential citizens. Then, on the eve of the release of his <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Roulette/Desmond-Shum/9781982156152">book</a> exposing Chinese political corruption last week, his wife suddenly reappeared. 
Quote Of The Day:
“I decided to publish the book because, in my view, this is bringing international attention to her case. It&#8217;s probably the last resort.”
– Desmund Shun
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Disappearances
Shun joined Morning Wire to discuss corruption in communist controlled China and his wife’s sudden reappearance. 
Shun said his wife disappeared for four years with virtually no warning, adding that the Chinese government takes people for certain amounts of time and when people return, they usually don’t say anything about their experience for fear of repercussions from the Chinese Communist Party. 
Last week, after media outlets reported on Shun’s situation, his wife contacted him by phone and warned him not to publish the book, claiming she was back in her apartment in Beijing. Shun said she could be taken by the government again at any time. 
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2) Decline In U.S. Men Attending College
The Topline: A generation of American men, especially working class white men, are opting not to go to college, while women continue to earn degrees and graduate at a considerably higher rate than their male peers.
The Decline
Over the last year, colleges saw a steep drop in enrollment among men — many of whom seem to have decided the expense and trouble of getting a degree is no longer worth it. 
Men now make up only two out of every five college students in the U.S. 
Over the past five years, U.S. colleges and universities have lost about 1.5 million total students, and male students made up 71% of the decline. 
By the end of this past school year, 59.5% of college students were women, an all-time high. Only 40.5% were men.
The Gap
The disparity exists at both two-year and four-year colleges, but it’s the most stark at private four-year schools, where during this past year female students comprised 61% of the student body.
Some universities are even quietly trying to recruit more men, while others are now accepting a higher percentage of men than women to balance out the student body. 
The decline in college enrollment is also most dramatic among poor and working-class white men. Minority men from the same economic background are now enrolling more frequently than their white counterparts. 
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3) The 2021 Emmys
The Topline: The 2021 Emmy awards will air tomorrow night and this year’s nominations provide a window into how the television industry is changing &#8212; and how it’s staying the same.
Streaming
The biggest trend is the near-total domination of streaming over traditional broadcast networks.
For Example: In the award category for Outstanding Comedy Series, all but one of the eight nominees originated on streaming platforms. For Outstanding Drama Series, only two of the eight nominees air on broadcast.
Ratings
This trend doesn’t dovetail with ratings. Going by the sheer number of viewers, traditional broadcast and cable networks vastly outperform streaming.
The most recent Nielsen ratings <a href="https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/article/2021/the-gauge-shows-streaming-takes-a-seat-at-the-table/">report</a> showed that streaming accounts for around 26% of the audience share. Together, cable and broadcast draw 64% of the audience.
Nielsen ratings have adapted their metrics to capture streaming views, as well, revealing how a popular streaming show is much different from a popular TV show of the past.
Emmy ratings have been on a downward trajectory for a while, with every year essentially a new record low since 2015 — around when streaming platforms started to become popular.
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Other Stories We’re Tracking
Essential Worker Shortage
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/us/school-shortages-bus-drivers-workers.html">Schools</a> around the country are experiencing serious employee shortages and are now making efforts to fill roles, including cafeteria personnel and substitute teachers. Massachusetts is even enlisting the National Guard to assist with bus driver shortages.
Ocasio-Cortez Ethics Complaint
The Conservative group American Accountability Foundation filed an ethics <a href="https://9b57ee93-8fae-434e-a844-6b3e2e6dcd24.usrfiles.com/ugd/9b57ee_0bbb09db34774fedae37979172f56e21.pdf">complaint</a> against Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for “accepting an impermissible gift to attend” the New York Met Gala without having a “permissible exemption.&#8221; Ocasio-Cortez’s <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/572508-conservative-group-files-ethics-complaint-over-ocasio-cortez-appearance-at-met">office</a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/conservative-group-files-ethics-complaint-against-aoc-attending-met-gala-n1279308?utm_campaign=morning_wire&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=housefile">told</a> NBC News they are “confident [they] complied with all ethics rules.&#8221;
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Saturday | September 18th, 2021

It’s Thursday, September 16th, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/thursday-september-16-2021">here</a>:
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1) Top General Faces Calls To Resign
The Topline: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley is facing widespread calls to resign after reports emerged claiming he’d promised a Chinese military leader he would warn China in advance if then-President Donald Trump planned to attack the country.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN-lC1Q-uHU">Quote Of The Day:</a>
“I hope these reports are inaccurate, but he does need to resign. He needs to resign, and if he won’t resign, he needs to be fired.” 
– Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) 
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The Report
This story comes exclusively from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s new book, Peril, in which the authors say General Milley was concerned President Trump might launch an attack on China, so twice he called his Chinese counterpart, General Li Zuocheng, of the People’s Liberation Army. 
In one of the conversations, he reportedly said, “If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise.”
The book says Milley told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) he agreed President Trump was “crazy” and was so worried Trump could start a nuclear war that he made his fellow military commanders swear an “oath” not to act unless Milley was involved. 
Response
General Milley has confirmed he made the calls but did not comment on what was discussed. He also admits to holding a meeting to discuss “nuclear weapons protocol,” but he maintains he did nothing illegal.
President Trump has called for Milley to be tried for treason, saying, “I never even thought of attacking China.”
Calls To Resign
Critics say if Milley were to insert himself into the chain of command on nuclear issues, he would be subverting the civilian command of the U.S. military. Prominent Republicans in Congress have called for Milley to resign, be fired, or even face court-martial. 
General Milley is scheduled to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on September 28.
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2) Newsom Wins Recall Election
The Topline:  The California recall election has been called for Democrat Gavin Newsom, who will remain governor.
Results
With over 9 million votes counted so far, the race has been called for Gavin Newsom, with the “no” vote leading the “yes” vote by almost 30 percent, or well over 2 million votes. There’s still around 30% of the expected vote to be counted, but given his comfortable lead, Newsom is projected to remain in office. 
The Background
In August, the race was very tight, but in the days leading up to the election, the “keep” vote began showing momentum in the polls. Political analysts have cited three main reasons for the outcome:
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<li> Newsom essentially mobilized the entire national Democratic Party apparatus to protect his position. </li>
<li> The Democratic Party successfully repositioned the election from being a referendum on Newsom’s performance as governor to being a referendum on their characterization of Larry Elder as Donald Trump 2.0.</li>
<li> Due to California’s recall policies, Newsom was able to amass over $70 million in campaign funds, while Elder had about a quarter of that amount.</li>
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Political Point: For a recall election to even happen in a deep blue state like California should be a warning sign for Democrats, especially since the policies promoted by Newsom and President Biden aren’t as popular in other areas of the country as they are in L.A. or San Francisco.
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3) Texas Judge Blocks Group’s Enforcement Of Pro-Life Law
The Topline: A Texas judge temporarily blocked some pro-life groups from enforcing the state’s new abortion law banning most abortions after six weeks and allowing citizens to take legal action against abortion providers.
The Ruling
A judge in Texas <a href="https://www.axios.com/texas-abortion-ban-planned-parenthood-injunction-6adc256a-54fd-4530-bdcd-7b6660571b02.html">issued</a> a temporary injunction preventing Texas Right to Life, and others, from suing specific Planned Parenthood facilities — or their doctors, and staff — until a final judgment is handed down.
A trial on the merits of the case has been set for April of next year, so the injunction will likely last until at least that time. 
Response
Abortion activists are generally supportive of the court’s decision, but they’re not entirely happy about the ruling, which only applies to the group named in the lawsuit, meaning the law is still in effect for everyone else in the state.
Texas Right to Life <a href="https://texasrighttolife.com/texas-right-to-life-defeats-planned-parenthoods-attempt-to-block-heartbeat-act-enforcement/">pointed</a> out that, even though they are prevented from suing at this time, the law still remains in effect more broadly, which they consider a win. 
Planned Parenthood was also attempting to reveal the names of pro-life advocates, which Texas Right to Life says was also defeated by this ruling. 
The Law
The new law <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-rejects-abortion-providers-request-to-stay-texas-heartbeat-law">bans</a> most abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is usually around 6 weeks. It also allows private citizens to sue abortion providers and those who “aid and abet” illegal procedures.
While “heartbeat bills,” or laws that prevent abortion after a fetal heartbeat, have been passed in other states, they typically don’t go into effect because the courts block them as abortion providers sue. This is because past Supreme Court rulings have decided that states have to allow pre-viability abortions — which is typically up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Remember: The Supreme Court didn’t rule on the constitutionality of the Texas law, so they can still make a decision on it as more people sue.
Biden Administration
Last week, the Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-sues-texas-for-law-protecting-unborn-babies-with-heart-activity-clearly-unconstitutional">announced</a> it’s taking legal action and suing the state of Texas over the new law which they claim is unconstitutional.
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Other Stories We’re Tracking
Protests
Protests against vaccine mandates are heating up across the country. In New York City, protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, some shouting chants against President Biden. The demonstrations come after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last month that all public school teachers and staff must get vaccinated by Sept 27.  
Women’s Soccer
On Tuesday, the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed to the demands of female soccer players by offering <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-soccer-caves-offers-identical-contracts-to-mens-womens-teams">identical pay structures</a> for the men’s and women’s national teams. The organization said in a press release that U.S. Soccer “firmly believes” the “best path forward for all involved” and “for the future of the sport” is a “single pay structure” for both teams. 
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Thursday | September 16, 2021

It’s Tuesday, September 14th, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/morning-wire">here</a>.

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1) Elder Confident On Eve Of Recall Election
The Topline: The California recall election takes place today with conservative radio host and author Larry Elder leading the way among candidates seeking to oust Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. 
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Recall History
Since 1913, the state of California has seen a total of 179 recall attempts. Of those attempts, only 11 collected enough signatures to even qualify for the ballot, and just 6 of those resulted in the actual recall of an elected official. Only 2 statewide recall attempts, including Newsom, have been governors.
Polls
FiveThirtyEight’s aggregate of several polls put the “keep” Newsom vote at around 57% heading into the vote and support for the recall in the low 40s. In early August, it was 50/50.
Multiple polls in the final days before the election showed Elder with a lead as large as 25 to 30 points among the contenders. If Californians vote to remove Newsom, Elder will almost certainly be the new governor. 
Remember: Only a simple majority is needed to remove Newsom.
Larry Elder
Elder told Morning Wire he feels good about the final polling data going into the election because he believes Democrats vote early and Republicans tend to be less trusting of mail-in voting and more likely to vote in person.
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The Topline: <a href="https://twitter.com/The_RGA/status/1437219476898910213">More than 20</a> Republican governors have promised to legally resist President Joe Biden’s mandate forcing private businesses with at least 100 employees to vaccinate their workforce or be subjected to weekly testing. 
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=au2g88HKk6U">Quote Of The Day:</a>
“At the end of the day, we don’t live with a one-person rule in this country. We live in a constitutional system.”
– Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL)
Legal Arguments 
To this point, vaccine mandates have been issued at the state level. Several governors believe the Constitution doesn’t endow President Biden with the power to mandate vaccines on private employers. 
The federal government <a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/current-constitutional-issues-related-to-vaccine-mandates">traditionally</a> only issues vaccination requirements for legal immigrants and federal workers.
Republicans also say the president’s call to levy a fine of $13,600 for each separate violation will harm businesses and individuals. 
This mandate, they argue, is also counterproductive. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts said if Americans are dubious about the government’s statements about the vaccines, they’ll only be more suspicious when the government forces it on people.
White House
Biden administration officials have appeared publicly confident regarding the mandates. The president responded to the impending lawsuits over the weekend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRoiyIzSqCw">saying</a>, “Have at it.”
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3) NYC Schools Reopen With Restrictions
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The Topline: Public schools in New York City opened for in-person learning Monday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, but classrooms have numerous restrictions in place.
COVID-19 Restrictions
With the city refusing to offer remote learning, kids are returning to school wearing masks. Some schools won’t let kids use lockers and others have disabled water fountains. New York’s Education Department suggested sports and clubs, particularly band and choir, are too risky because of the amount of breathing involved.
Field trips, group projects, and parties are also banned. Students will have to eat lunch outside and aren’t allowed to talk with friends. They will also need to fill out a daily symptoms report each morning before school.
Why The Rules For Kids?
Experts say teachers unions are the key factor in the new restrictions. Although kids present the lowest risk for severe complications from COVID-19, teachers unions insist the risk to adults is high. Part of their argument stems from the fact that children under twelve years old can’t get the COVID-19 vaccine. 
Teachers can get the vaccine, however, which has been shown to be highly effective at protecting against severe illness, so the impositions on children are controversial. 
Other States: In Bedford, Massachusetts, students will also have to eat outside without tables while sitting in chairs spread apart and facing in one direction. 
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Other Stories We’re Tracking
Varsity Blues Trial
The trial began Monday in Boston for two parents accused of fraud and bribery in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal. John B. Wilson of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, and Gamal Abdelaziz of Las Vegas, are being tried jointly in a US District Court in Boston. Both have pleaded not guilty. 
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Tuesday | September 14th, 2021

It’s Saturday, September 11th, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/morning-wire">here</a>.
1) First Responder Remembers 9/11
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The Topline: Twenty years ago today, America suffered the deadliest terror attack in U.S. history. 
Among the innocent civilians killed in the attacks were hundreds of first responders who raced towards danger to save others.
Morning Wire spoke with Stephen Dillon, a former New York Police Department Officer and 9/11 first responder. 
Dillon, a detective at the time, was called into duty after the second plane struck the World Trade Center. He lost friends and colleagues in the attacks. 
Quote Of The Day:
“Oddly enough. I remember&#8230;what a beautiful day it was. It was clear blue skies&#8230;and I just remember thinking…’how can this happen on a day like today? And then once I got into Manhattan and I saw the destruction&#8230;life is not going to be the same for a while here in the city or as a cop.”
– Stephen Dillon, Former New York Police Department Officer and 9/11 First Responder
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2) Biden And The 20th Anniversary Of 9/11
The Topline: President Biden is facing new waves of pressure from critics, this time on the subject of September 11th and the possible resurgence of al-Qaeda.
<a href="https://youtu.be/ZLr9nr28yW8">Quote Of The Day:</a>
 “I think the whole community is kind of watching to see what happens and whether or not al-Qaeda has the ability to regenerate in Afghanistan. You know, we put the Taliban on notice that we expect them to not allow that to happen.&#8221;
– U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
September 11, 2001
Al-Qaeda terrorists coordinated the 9/11 attacks, but U.S. policy at the time drew no distinction between terrorist groups, such as al-Qaeda, and those who harbored them, like the Taliban. 
After twenty years of conflict in the region to eradicate terror, President Joe Biden is being widely criticized for the immediate consequences of his foreign policy.
Biden Faces Criticism
The first point of criticism relates to Biden’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan, which has not only resulted in the complete return of Afghanistan to Taliban control, but the resurgence of other terrorist groups in the region, including al-Qaeda. 
Many are now condemning the potential inability of the U.S. to prevent the resurgence of the terrorist group behind 9/11, especially since much of the responsibility for preventing terrorism now rests on the shoulders of the Taliban. 
Transparency Concerns
The second layer of criticism relates to an ongoing push by hundreds of family members of 9/11 victims for the U.S government to release information regarding the attack. Many have argued that details are being hidden by the Department of Justice and the FBI regarding the alleged involvement of Saudi government officials in the attacks.
The group, called “Members Of The 9/11 Community,” wrote a letter saying President Biden is not welcome at all three 9/11 memorials he will be visiting on Saturday, unless he fulfills his commitment to “seek full truth and accountability.” 
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3) Who Is ISIS-K?
The Topline: The terror group ISIS-K has been discussed frequently after they claimed responsibility for the recent attack on the Kabul airport in Afghanistan which killed at least thirteen U.S. service members and over a hundred Afghans. 
ISIS-K
The group is a branch of the Islamic State technically called Islamic State-Khorasan. Khorasan is a wider historical region including <a href="https://www.csis.org/programs/transnational-threats-project/past-projects/terrorism-backgrounders/islamic-state-khorasan">parts</a> of Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
According to Katherine Zimmerman, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, the group was officially recognized in early 2015. Zimmerman told The Daily Wire they started to form in the fall of 2014 from disaffected members of the Pakistani Taliban in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region. She said at the time they were accusing the Taliban of compromising with the west and not pursuing global jihad.
Who’s Who?
The main groups Americans hear about are the Islamic State, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. 
Zimmerman told The Daily Wire one of the main differences between these groups has to do with how each one treats fellow Muslims. 
The Taliban and al-Qaeda believe other Muslims need to be taught true Islam in order to then be held accountable for their actions. The <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11451718">word</a> “Taliban” means “students” in Pashto, which is one of the official languages of Afghanistan. Since the Taliban is in control now, however, they will be strictly enforcing Sharia law. 
The Islamic State is more extreme and fringe because they believe any individual — especially Muslims — who haven’t yet answered the call to jihad and joined the Islamic State are not actually Muslims. She said this distinction is extremely important. 
She said the Islamic State sees it as a duty to enforce its interpretation of Islam with force; Muslims who resist or reject it must be killed. The Taliban, by contrast, believes they need to teach Muslims their interpretation of Islam, and people will adjust once they’re exposed to it. 
Experts say the Islamic State is actively recruiting and ISIS-K has worked to expand its network into more urban areas, like Kabul, as seen by the recent terrorist attack.
Terror Threats
A 2018 <a href="https://www.csis.org/programs/transnational-threats-project/past-projects/terrorism-backgrounders/islamic-state-khorasan">report</a> by the Center for Strategic and International Studies noted that Islamic State-Khorasan “disregards international borders and envisions its territory transcending nation-states.”
The same report said the group’s &#8220;global aspirations include &#8216;[raising] the banner of al-Uqab above Jerusalem and the White House.'&#8221;
The Islamic State isn’t the only terror group for the U.S. to be watching. There’s also concern about al-Qaeda re-emerging.
A United Nations <a href="https://www.undocs.org/en/S/2021/486">report</a> from June of this year referred to an even earlier report and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/26/taliban-bin-laden/">said</a> “the Taliban and Al-Qaida remain closely aligned and show no indication of breaking ties.” It also said al-Qaeda was present in 15 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. 
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Saturday | September 11, 2021

This is the 4th article I’ve published about Beaverton this year, which I don’t relish, but the extraordinary cluster of foolishness among the school district&#8217;s leadership keeps churning out news.
In May, Beaverton School District enthusiastically endorsed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-high-school-students-in-oregon-offered-black-student-graduation-ceremony-this-spring">Black Student Graduation Ceremony</a> (in the name of social justice, per usual). This week, they are affirmatively declaring themselves “white supremacist” in a bizarre new “Antiracist Vision Statement” put forth by an “Equitable Policies Task Force.”
In the second paragraph of the “Equitable Policies Board Report” <a href="https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1443?meeting=464614">draft</a>, which members anticipate will pass in a <a href="https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/about-us/school-board">vote</a> this evening, the task force affirms, unabashedly, that “Beaverton School District perpetuates institutional racism and embodies a white supremacist culture.” 
I couldn’t help but chuckle at the unintentional genius of the line (recall, this same district endorsed a blacks-only graduation event, which, by the way, did not even require “graduates” to meet the normal qualifications of graduation). Yet, it turns out there is so much more to cringe at in this statement, which careens totally unselfconsciously from one glaring inconsistency to the next.
At various points, the vision statement vows, quite ambitiously, to “confront” and indeed “eliminate”(!) all forms of “conscious” and even “unconscious” racism and “bias” in Beaverton, only to later affirm the need for “permanent” funding and resource allocation to accomplish this.
Apparently, taxpayers in Beaverton are expected to swallow the absurd notion that this paltry committee of utopians can, through their combined intellect and rosy intentions, “eliminate” all forms of “unconscious bias” in the district (a problem most people consider inherent to the human species), if provided the right amount of cash&#8230;indefinitely. 
The comments section was also a delight. Members primarily heaped praise on the vaguely worded one-page vision, including “Very thoughtful and inspiring!” and “I feel like this captures everything we&#8217;ve been working on the past few months.” 
Meanwhile, others piped up with concerns, including, “I am not a fan of ‘people of color.’ I am uncomfortable with it and feel like every time it is used, it diminishes me. I would hope we could find another way to say non-white.”
One member demonstrated some prescience, if not wisdom, voicing concerns about declaring themselves “white supremacist.” He or she stated, “while I agree with the term and how it is used, I am concerned about spending unnecessary energy defending this one word.” 
Personally, I am quite appreciative when so-called “equity committees” write with such illuminating honesty. 
For Beaverton parents who naively believe that academics still remain “fundamental” to the school district’s mission, they would be wise to refer to this quote: “Eliminating racism and all forms of bias is fundamental to our work—not just a part of our work.” 
Fortunately, documents from the meeting indicate that a lone dissenting member piped up with satisfying gusto.
Evidently ignored by the zombie conformists in his midst, Latino father of three, Joshua Guerra, penned a glorious paragraph of exuberant dissent, which proves that the candle of common sense still burns in even the darkest corners of Blue America. He writes:
<blockquote>The language and phrases used in this statement are alarming, irresponsible, unfounded and divisive. The statement contains radical presuppositions about the apparent structural racism and perpetuation of “a white supremacist culture.” These terms, when used in this context, are insulting to entire demographic groups within our community, and further perpetuate a radical racialization of our community members. The statement continues by committing to “dismantle policies and systems that perpetuate white supremacy” yet it fails to identify what policies and/or systems within the district actually perform this function or how the act of dismantling will be carried out. The statement further commits to “ongoing antibias and antiracist education to every staff member.” In this statement alone one can infer that antibias trainings, which are offered by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity consultants, will be based on Critical Social Justice pedagogy. The vocabulary used in the overall statement is indicative of the ideological underpinnings of Critical Theory, Applied Postmodernism, and Intersectionality. In particular, trainings by many (not all) DEI consultants include tests which purport to measure bias of individuals and are based on the implicit bias (implicit association) test. However, there is considerable debate and doubt in the psychological community about the application of Implicit Bias testing and what it actually measures about individuals. In short, the commercial use of the IAT on staff and faculty is not scientifically rigorous and should be regarded with extreme caution. Other radical and racialized practices of DEI training have been known to use racial and gender segregation as a training method, along with racial essentialism, the primacy of power dynamics, a victim and oppressor (privileged) narrative, and structural (racial) determinism. Perhaps most alarming, given that BSD is concerned with education, is the notion in Critical Theory that standpoint epistemology, or more commonly referred to as “lived experience” is a more robust form of truth than objective truth or empirical data.</blockquote>
The Beaverton School Board is set to vote on the resolution in a <a href="https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/about-us/school-board">meeting</a> tonight. As of publication, Guerra remains the lone dissenting voice on the committee. 
This article is part of my ongoing efforts to expose radical ideology in k-12 schools and institutions. To share your story, contact me at ghowe@dailywire.com or on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgiamaehowe/">@georgiamaehowe</a>
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Accusations

Oregon School District Declares Itself ‘White Supremacist’ 

Anti-Racism

Education

Racism

If 2020 was an eye-opening year for millions of Americans, 2021 is the year they are taking action. 
Over the past several months, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/4-parent-groups-fighting-against-critical-race-theory-in-schools">leaders</a> have emerged across the country and across the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-organization-forms-to-fight-critical-race-theory?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_4m4Ss7tTX40kkcErwL9wxJepV0fCZeikoFDEDeH2Ugpyuxw4BStztILFglXq9JJO9FEIPv4XESMsc78NkvY8L0utW1A&amp;_hsmi=117279878&amp;hsCtaTracking=db654b52-297b-41b8-b2e7-5ffbe9ecfcc2%7C94716110-09a5-4329-a4f3-3ab6f91b7eb7">political spectrum</a> to fight against divisive, racially charged rhetoric in American classrooms. 
One of the fastest-growing and most robustly organized groups is Moms For Liberty, which is focused on creating a nation-wide watch-dog network to monitor school boards. 
<a href="http://momsforliberty.org/">Moms For Liberty</a> (which also welcomes dads and other stakeholders), was chartered about 5 months ago in Florida and has since grown to 20k members, with 44 chapters in 19 states, and hundreds of chapter applications currently in queue. 
Co-founder and former school board member, Tina Descovich, told me in a recent exchange that Moms For Liberty stands for “liberty and parental rights in education,” so CRT is just one issue they are addressing. 
Unlike other similar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/4-parent-groups-fighting-against-critical-race-theory-in-schools">organizations</a>, many of which have sprung up to specifically combat political indoctrination in schools, Moms For Liberty is focused on cultivating empowered, liberty-minded citizens who share a broader commitment to the principles of the American founding. 
One way they accomplish this is by promoting events called “Madison Meetups,” which involve encouraging community members to meet in living rooms across America to discuss America&#8217;s founding documents. 
Moms For Liberty also organizes parents and community members to meet to discuss school board policies and proposals, and rallies parents to attend and speak out at local school board meetings (see Moms For Liberty member <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiGjZY6JrkI">Quisha King</a> address a Florida school board <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiGjZY6JrkI">here</a>). 
Because both co-founders, Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, are former school board members, they say the group has an advantage in understanding the way school boards work, and how parents can best hold them accountable. 
A growing list of <a href="https://www.momsforliberty.org/find-a-chapter/">chapters</a> can be found on the main website, with more announced each week. 
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Teach Facts Not Feelings

Parents Are Rapidly Organizing Against Public School Indoctrination. ‘Moms For Liberty’ Is Zeroing In On School Boards

Critical Race Theory

About two weeks ago, I covered a proposed “Equity Training” contracted for the steep price of $37k by Douglas County School District in Colorado. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorado-school-district-shells-out-37k-for-anti-racism-training-via-zoom">proposed training</a>, provided by a consulting firm called <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a>, was to be completed via zoom, and was intended to be available for staff and community members. It has been confirmed this week that the training was abruptly canceled late on the evening of May 25th as the result of parent backlash. 
This comes as welcome news to thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-parents-file-lawsuit-against-school-board-over-equity-ambassador-program">parents</a> across the country who have been fighting the same battle against Critical Race Theory in their home districts. 
This success is particularly notable given the apparent disconnect between the values espoused by the parents in the district and those running the DCSD schools. 
Correspondence between Dr. Chris Page, member of the Equity Advisory Council for DCSD, and <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a>, submitted by a parent to The Daily Wire, are illustrative of how parents are perceived by school leaders and the pricey consulting firms they contract to indoctrinate their staff and students. 
In response to the news of cancelation, <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a> released an official statement, reporting that they “watched the school board meeting” (during which multiple impassioned parents appealed to the teachings of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.,) “and were disgusted and appalled at the level of misinformation and conscious misunderstanding” demonstrated by parents. 
In their conclusion, after referring to Andrew Jackson as a “genocidal maniac” in the preceding paragraph, <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a> accused “White parents” of “demanding that we not talk about race,” in a “willful attempt to maintain the status quo.” 
In response to The Gemini Group’s official statement, Dr. Page responded that, “sadly,” DCSD parents “just aren&#8217;t ready for this work … at this time.” At no point in his response did Page come to the defense of DCSD parents’ values or validate the merit of their concerns.   
Regardless of differences in views, parental pressure was sufficient to convince the superintendent of the district to cancel the training.  
For parents fighting CRT in other states, success in Douglas County may be replicable in other purple districts. Located just outside of deep blue Denver, Douglas leans conservative, but only by a modest margin. In <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/colorado-results">2020</a>, voters in Douglas County voted 52.4% for Trump, compared to 45.2% for Joe Biden. However, as copious reporting now suggests, opposition to Critical Race Theory may prove to be a uniting issue among conservatives and moderate liberals. 
Together, conservatives and an increasing portion of liberal Americans, now recognize what <a href="https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/reverend-dr-wyatt-tee-walker">Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker,</a> a contemporary and close advisor to Dr Martin Luther King Jr., recognized in a 2015 essay. Walker <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/12/the_civil_rights_legend_who_opposed_critical_race_theory_144423.html">wrote</a>: 
<blockquote>&#8220;Today, too many ‘remedies’ &#8212; such as Critical Race Theory, the increasingly fashionable post-Marxist/postmodernist approach that analyzes society as institutional group power structures rather than on a spiritual or one-to-one human level &#8212; are taking us in the wrong direction: separating even elementary school children into explicit racial groups, and emphasizing differences instead of similarities.
“The answer is to go deeper than race, deeper than wealth, deeper than ethnic identity, deeper than gender. To teach ourselves to comprehend each person, not as a symbol of a group, but as a unique and special individual within a common context of shared humanity. To go to that fundamental place where we are all simply mortal creatures, seeking to create order, beauty, family, and connection to the world that &#8212; on its own &#8212; seems to bend too often towards randomness and entropy.&#8221; </blockquote>
Portions of the parent testimony that led the school board to reconsider can be heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=xfj2WWpwZT4&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR0cl1LTvZfzVzTFSJ4be7dpJx2OjVGJdNc5ND3KJS7dQh7F8zPC_D4hwUE">here</a>. An additional full length speech can be heard <a href="https://vimeo.com/555436027">here</a>. 
A previous version of this piece erroneously attributed the quote by Dr. Chris Page to Superintendent Corey Wise.
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These Parents Successfully Pressured Their School Board To Ditch Divisive Equity Training 

A group of parents and grandparents in Rocky River, Ohio recently gave a series of stunning speeches to their school board, rebuking the infiltration of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and gender theory in schools. &#8220;What these ideologies are really creating is a nation of angry mob justice protestors, instead of successful producers,&#8221; said one defiant resident in a statement that summarized many of his peers&#8217; sentiments. &#8220;You in whom we&#8217;ve put our trust to instruct our children in math science, and history are instead indoctrinating our children with radical political ideology and rhetoric adopted from Karl Marx,&#8221; said another resident. &#8220;These programs are aimed at turning our students against their parents.&#8221;
As the video of the school board meeting (below) shows, Larry, resident of 27 years, called out the sneaky nature of radical propaganda in schools. Speaking about a proposed diversity program called “JEDI,” Larry states: 
<blockquote>The twisted language of CRT is propagated throughout the JEDI program. The only difference is the slight change in the name and language to disguise it and make it less offensive in order to gain acceptance by parents and the community at large&#8230;  Equity sounds non-threatening and is easily confused with the principle of equality. Equality, as enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, is explicitly rejected by CRT backers that regard it as a cover for white supremacy and oppression. Equity promotes equality of outcome, not equality of opportunity. Equity strives to segregate individuals by identity, particularly race, rather than ability, desire, and achievement&#8230; What these ideologies are really creating is a nation of angry mob justice protestors, instead of successful producers.</blockquote>
Anne Robbins, a 40-year Rocky River resident, gave the board an impressively succinct lesson about Critical Race Theory:  
<blockquote>To be clear, the words diversity and inclusion do not necessarily mean what people think they mean. Everyone would agree that diversity and inclusion are valuable and important, but the devil is in the details. If you tell our 9th graders at Rocky River High School, that society is made of two separate groups, a dominant and subordinate group, and the dominant group controls the subordinate group because of unearned privilege, you are teaching Critical Race Theory. Furthermore, if you identify the dominant group as the white middle class, you are teaching Critical Race Theory. And I want to stop with the sugar coated buzzwords, and call them “oppressors&#8221; and “victims.” If you teach 9th graders that every person, including themselves, has to be understood in terms of a special social group, you&#8217;re teaching them to see the world through a lens of group identity, be it race, socioeconomic status, gender, or ethnicity. Group-think creates conflict that pits one group of students against another. It&#8217;s a poisonous worldview. It denies the individual the content of their character and the merit of their work. We are the freest country in the world. Everyone, blacks, latinos, women, LGBTQ, all minorities have equal opportunity under the law to achieve their dreams. Why don&#8217;t we teach that and inspire our students to that? Let&#8217;s teach students to overcome obstacles&#8230;Please stop teaching the dangerous politics of group identity, the parents and taxpayers of Rocky River see right through it.</blockquote>
Another woman (not named in the video), pushed back against gender theory: 
<blockquote>Rocky River schools have failed to specifically inform you of the gender ideology and sexual constructs in the curriculum currently being taught to your children&#8230;Instead they use manipulation, coercion, and public shaming exercises as means to indoctrinate our children with their personal belief system. This is unacceptable&#8230;The diversity instructors have been silencing your parental voice, driving a wedge between you and your child, all in the deceptive name of diversity and inclusion. Your role as an influential presence in your child&#8217;s life has not been honored or revered. Scientific data is ignored. You are ignored. Do the research. Look at the study from Brown University entitled <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330">Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of rapid onset gender dysphoria</a>. Read the findings of <a href="https://www.abigailshrier.com/">Abigail Shrier</a> who holds degrees from Columbia University, Oxford, and Yale Law School. There is a tremendous game of deception going on in our classrooms and our children are losing their innocence, their ability to trust parents, and the freedom of being a child. </blockquote>
Finally, Emily Lyman, a Rocky River resident of 53 years, called out the Marxist origins of the “diversity” and “inclusion” ideology: 
<blockquote>I’ve seen lots of changes in our time, but nothing is great to me or more shocking than to learn that our young people are being corrupted by the Marxist curriculum in our schools. I call it Marxism because the very people who promote these programs are self proclaimed Marxists and Communists, and they&#8217;re determined to replace our democratic republic. You in whom we&#8217;ve put our trust to instruct our children in math science, and history are instead indoctrinating our children with radical political ideology and rhetoric adopted from Karl Marx. These programs are aimed at turning our students against their parents. They’re being taught to be ashamed of the United States, and that it&#8217;s good to kneel during the national anthem. This works against the students self-worth and identity by undermining their confidence. They can&#8217;t speak their mind against such ideas for fear of retribution. Transgenderism and sexuality are not subjects for the classroom or library story hours, and mathematics is not racist, as some have claimed. In continuing this effort by the radical propaganda to dumb down our society in favor of emotional learning, you are helping to extinguish individual freedoms. And I say shame on you for not taking a stand against this Communist agenda.</blockquote>
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These three citizens are far from alone. As I reported earlier this week, parents in the nearby <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-mother-rips-all-white-school-board-over-relentless-focus-on-race">Beachwood</a>, Ohio district had similarly successful showing, as have parents in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-virginia-mother-who-delivered-fiery-takedown-of-critical-race-theory-speaks-out">Virginia</a> and dozens of other states. The movement has inspired bipartisan groups, including <a href="https://www.fairforall.org/">FAIR</a>, as well as widespread <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/coming-bipartisan-backlash-public-school-wokeness-opinion-1584346">backlash</a> among parents in both public and <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/the-miseducation-of-americas-elites">private schools</a>. 
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Parents And Grandparents Across America Speaking Out Against The ‘Diversity’ And ‘Inclusion’ Scam

Young children are being instructed about gender by &#8220;<a href="https://www.gegi.ca/resources/#tip-sheets">Gegi</a>,&#8221; a virtual nonbinary unicorn, an educational tool that has been embraced by at least one school board in Ottawa and which heavily promotes left-wing &#8220;gender identity&#8221; activism.
As reported by CTV Ottawa in a wildly disturbing <a href="https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/virtual-unicorn-teaches-kids-about-gender-identity-and-gender-expression-discrimination-in-schools-1.5443985">video</a> segment earlier this month, Gegi was created by <a href="https://www.leeairton.com/">Lee Airton</a>, an assistant professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education, and <a href="https://kylekirkup.com/">Kyle Kirkup</a>, an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.
Gegi is a virtual resource that empowers students to assert their rights and challenge norms in schools, the creators say. “Gegi brings together publicly available information like school board policies, definitions of grounds of human rights protection and translates them so that anyone can find them and understand them,” Airton says in the CTV interview. 
Gegi the unicorn is nonbinary, and “doesn&#8217;t exclusively identify as male or female, much like many of the students who find themselves visiting the site,” the outlet claims. You can see an image of Gegi <a href="https://www.gegi.ca">here</a>. 
Limestone District School Board equity and inclusion consultant Suche James says he believes the visual of the unicorn is effective for reaching elementary-aged children as young as Kindergarten. &#8220;James says he feels that the visual of the unicorn is something that can easily connect with people from Kindergarten to Grade 12, and that&#8217;s important they have the information,&#8221; CTV Ottawa explains.
The <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/resources/#tip-sheets">Gegi website</a> teaches kids a variety of gender and advocacy-related information, including what gender expression and identity are, and “tip sheets into what a student&#8217;s rights are during field trips and activities.” 
Until very recently in human history, having separate restrooms, sports teams, and sleeping quarters for boys and girls was the norm. However, according to Airton, “with these new human rights protections, [those] might actually constitute discrimination,” and children should be equipped with the knowledge to confront that “discrimination.” 
Here are some of the useful tips being imparted to young children by Airton and Kirkup via the Gegi website. Pertaining to <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gegis-Gender-Friendly-School-Washroom-Tips.pdf">restroom</a> use:
<ul>
<li>In Canadian schools (and other public settings), everyone has the right to use the washroom that they know to be right for them.</li>
<li>No one may ask a transgender person (of any age) to use a washroom that does not align with their gender identity or to use an all-gender washroom (if not self-selected), as this is gender identity discrimination.</li>
<li>If another student objects, [the non-trans student] can be accommodated elsewhere.</li>
<li>Gegi recommends signage without men and women symbols, but with ‘all-gender washroom’ text and a toilet, instead.</li>
<li>Ensure that your school’s student-accessible all-gender washroom does NOT require a key. Requiring a key places students in the position of having to justify their need to access this washroom. This can place them at risk of being outed to/by staff, and potentially experiencing harm.</li>
</ul>
Here are some tips Gegi offers to children pertaining to <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gegis-Gender-Friendly-Overnight-Field-Trips-Tips.pdf">field trips</a>: 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">In Canadian schools and their associated activities, every student has the right to access gender-segregated facilities or housing that they know to be right for them. </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">No one may ask a transgender person (of any age) to stay in gender-segregated housing that does not align with their gender identity or to stay in a private room (if not self-selected), as this is gender identity discrimination.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Asking for a private room, or to share a room or be billeted along with a trusted friend or two (regardless of gender identity) can be what a trans student needs right now.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Costs associated with providing private or semi-private accommodations, if necessary, should not be borne by transgender students.</li>
</ul>
And pertaining to <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gegis-Gender-Friendly-Athletics-Tips.pdf">sports</a>: 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Every student has the right to participate in athletics, and try out for a team or use a changeroom (etc.) that they know to be right for them, gender-wise. No one may ask a transgender student to try out for a team or join an intramural league that does not align with their gender identity, as this may be gender identity discrimination.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Asking transgender students to provide legal or medical documentation in order to participate may also be gender identity discrimination.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Because all Ontarians also have gender expression human rights protections, students who aren’t transgender but who are gender non-conforming also have the right to play without changing how they express their gender, or wearing a gendered uniform if it does not match their gender expression.</li>
</ul>
For <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gegis-Tips-for-Welcoming-Gender-Diversity-in-Your-Classroom.pdf">teachers</a> in the classroom: 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">When you introduce yourself on the first day of school, or send home an email to introduce yourself to students, include your own pronouns (even and perhaps especially if no one has ever gotten them wrong).</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Use gender inclusive language, like “students” instead of “boys” and “girls” or “ladies” and “gentleman.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Practice using they/them pronouns. “If you have not already encountered a nonbinary student in your school, you will.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Practice articulating that one of your legal responsibilities is mitigating gender-based discrimination in your classroom and school.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">When speaking to students, make “hedging” statements about women, men, boys, and girls (e.g., “some women have breasts and a uterus”)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Defend your gender diversity-affirmative practices” to parents who are “struggling” by “walking beside them.”</li>
</ul>
Like the <a href="https://www.genderbread.org/">genderbread person</a> of yesteryear, the gender unicorn is extraordinarily popular with corporate diversity trainings and, increasingly, in early childhood education. However, despite prolific evidence of early childhood gender lessons posted to social media, most schools are less than forthright about their use of these tools, often omitting them from their official curriculum, only to be discovered by diligent parents. 
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Meet ‘Gegi,’ The Unicorn Schools Are Using To Turn Young Children Into Trans Activists

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There’s no good way to introduce this, but for those of you who enjoy following the latest trends in gender medicine, the newest procedure being offered is called “<a href="https://www.mymarinhealth.org/programs-services/surgery-procedures/surgical-specialties/gender-affirmation-surgery/nonbinary-gender-affirming-surgery/">nullification</a>.” 
According to <a href="https://www.alignsurgical.com/non-binary/nullification/">Align Surgical Associates</a>, a medical practice based in the San Francisco Bay Area, “nullification creates a relatively continuous and mostly unbroken transition from the abdomen down into the genital area, enabling gender non-conforming patients to enjoy a body that looks closer on the outside to the way they feel on the inside.” 
The Align medical practice also offers other custom surgeries for unique gender identities, including a <a href="https://www.alignsurgical.com/non-binary/phallus-preserving-vaginoplasty/">phallus preserving vaginoplasty</a>, which entails creating a “functional” vagina out of scrotal skin while preserving the phallus. According to Align’s website, “this non-standard gender affirming surgery is an excellent way to align the way you feel on the inside with the way your body looks on the outside, confirming your gender identity and enabling you to live your ideal life.”
They also offer <a href="https://www.alignsurgical.com/non-binary/vagina-preserving-phalloplasty/">vagina-perserving phalloplasties</a>, which involves the “construction of a new adult phallus, while still preserving the presence of the vaginal canal.” As photos on the website purport to demonstrate, these patients can achieve &#8220;both&#8221; forms of genitalia. 
Who is a candidate for these procedures? According to the website, “the <a href="https://www.wpath.org/">World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)</a> has standards of care in place that require patients over eighteen have two letters from mental health providers, stating their readiness for surgery. Clients must be taking hormones and be non-smokers.”
The website boasts that the phallus-preserving vaginoplasty has been “shown to have a positive, lasting benefit for transmen and nonbinary individuals.” It is unclear from the website how much longitudinal research has been completed in order to substantiate this sweeping and vague claim. 
Far be it from me to prevent others from pursuing their “ideal life,” and frankly I am still gathering my thoughts about this. However, my immediate reaction is this is wildly predatory on the part of these doctors. It should be plainly evident to anyone, regardless of medical credential, that a person who wants to remove all genitals, or add supplementary genitals, is someone who requires far more care and counseling than just superficial plastic surgery. I don’t mean to be insensitive to the “<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=enby">enbys</a>,” but this is insane and astonishingly exploitative. 
This news comes on the heels of the shocking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/60-minutes-runs-explosive-segment-featuring-young-transgender-individuals-who-decided-to-reverse-course">60 Minutes special</a> about young people who regretted undergoing permanent gender reassignment surgery. Something tells me we are due to see a lot more regret in the future. 
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‘Gender Nullification Surgery’ Enables ‘Non-Binary’ Patients To Achieve ‘Smooth Genital Area’

The battle over “Diversity” curricula is raging across the country, and with each passing week, more parents come out of the woodwork to testify against political activism in schools. In recent weeks, parents have written to me from Ohio, Texas, Arizona, Utah, and Virginia reporting that their local meetings have become so packed that parents are forced to watch proceedings from screens in lobbies and hallways. 
As I’ve covered this phenomenon over some months, I’ve observed how parent testimonies have evolved into almost an art form. As dire as the situation seems to be, and sometimes it does feel dire, I can’t help but think this is a shining moment in history for the salt-of-the-earth Americans who can smell BS from a mile away and are willing to say so. 
That was never more true than for one wholesome, middle-aged mother of two in Beachwood, Ohio. On March 9th, she ripped the Beachwood school board to shreds over their obsession with race and pompous need to control black families like hers, as well as what she perceives to be the sexual grooming of children. Her eloquent comments were met with admonishment by the president of the all white school board, who ultimately attempted to drone out her voice with robotic platitudes about “equity.” It was a stunning exchange. 
Below is her poignant speech, which, being so chock full of wisdom, was difficult to edit down (video below).
She began by discussing her experience as a black mother of two grown children, both now successful doctors, who, she argues, were able to thrive in Beachwood because the school united families around a quest for excellence for all students. 
<blockquote>Years and decades prior, students made friends based on personalities, similarities and differences, and interests in academics, sports, music, clubs, associations, etc. They studied together, carpooled together, went on trips together, went to each other&#8217;s houses together, went out to eat together, planned school activities together. Athletes, cheerleaders, and band members rolled together on school buses to games all over northeast Ohio together. They laughed and cried, win or lose together. Band members went to band camp together, they ran bake sales together, parents took turns running the concession stands during games together, sat together at games and cheered on the team members. They took pictures at homecoming prom and other events and went to restaurants and home parties after together, and they congratulated each other when they were receiving their acceptance letters to universities that they applied to and consoled each other when they didn&#8217;t get into the school of their choice. They were never surprised when the Beachwood school system was either in first, second, or third place consistently year after year in northeast Ohio, or top within the state of Ohio for academic achievement. For vocational and college prep there was a high percentage of students who took the honors and AP classes and graduated from high school with college credits already under their belt. The students were polite and respectful to adults and law enforcement. The administration, teachers, and staff were invested in everyone&#8217;s success, Beachwood excellence, and Beachwood pride. There was no extra time for any other focus. 
Contrast that with today&#8217;s school system, superintendent, school board, school administration, the decision-makers. Let&#8217;s start with the website <a href="https://www.beachwoodschools.org/">beachwoodschools.org</a>. Here you have the curriculum page and the educational equity page. The website has a menu item for the curriculum that doesn&#8217;t mention anything about curriculum, why? Because if a lot more residents knew about the mess that you’ve made in this school system via the curriculum and policy you all would probably lose your positions in the district. 
Many school districts in Ohio are now hiding their curriculum from residents because they’re teaching students to become bigots toward their peers, adults, and law enforcement. Many school districts within this congressional district are on board with advocating funding and teaching young students the how-to about changing their gender, child pornography, and pedophelia, and where to find those websites, what sex toys to purchase, and how to use that which has been purchased. Parents are not being told that their child is being taught that, and the teachers and librarians are being exempted from criminal prosecution. 
Regarding the educational equity piece, it appears that the superintendent and you, the school board members, grew up so white that you don&#8217;t even know the damage that your decisions have caused previous, current and future generations of Beachwood students whose parents just wanted them to qualify to attend some great universities. Instead you convince yourselves that blacks are oppressed and that it is your job to stop that oppression. How have you not looked at the results to realize what you did was immoral and had the opposite effect? Within Beachwood schools black kids are turning against white people of all ages, and white kids are hating their parents and their success and their heritage and calling them racist. Only because you don&#8217;t understand the black race you attempted to fix something that for all intents and purposes years ago was in reality not even broken. You just convinced yourself that it was broken. It was never your job. You got out of your lane. Your job was to provide students with the environment to be well rounded and educationally successful. Now the residents with kids who did find out about your deviant curriculum pulled their kids out as fast as they could. More and more are withdrawing their kids because the school system has lost control of the classroom environment. 
In the document for Critical Race Theory, your stated goal is to make children advocates  –  I mean activists  –  in their own home. What does that mean? You are creating an atmosphere, trying to create an adversarial relationship between parents and child, when that relationship needs to be strengthened&#8230; [You’re] intrinsically advocating the kids to just be adversarial to their parents, it&#8217;s nuts. This is nuts!</blockquote>
At this point in the speech, she went off script and really ripped into the board in a visceral, personal, way. Animated and speaking more boldly, she continued: 
<blockquote>I’m a professional as well, I grew up in corporate America, I&#8217;ve met people like you all every day. You all know nothing about black people, but you still think you can make rules for black people, black kids. In Beachwood schools when [my kids] were growing up, all these decades until you came along, they didn&#8217;t look at race or gender. [These are] very successful black people, very successful, but what did you do? You decided instead of looking at Beachwood data you decided to put us lumped-in with George Floyd and everybody else that got killed. They had nothing to do with Beachwood, nothing! So what do you do? You put in stuff like Critical Race Theory and other garbage like that. 
Now you have kids not liking their own parents, you have black kids that are now racist against their peers, we never saw that! You went down a road because of what you see nationally that had nothing to do with Beachwood. Now you’ve got school systems in this congressional district telling them how to have anal sex and this is what your sex education… (gets cut off)</blockquote>
It was at this point that the president of the school board interjected to let her know that her time was up. After a brief back and forth exchange in which the mom tried to get in a last comment about the “gender unicorn,” the school board president cut her off, speaking over her on the mic. He can be heard saying, voice full of contempt, “I take extreme exception with almost everything you’ve said because your premise is wrong.” 
At this point the black mom had left the podium and was now standing about 10 feet in front of him, facing him, shaking her head no, her voice drowned out by his, as he stammered on, “this..this..administration and this board is..is&#8230;committed to equity for every student in this district.” 
Now addressing the group he continued, “You can shake your heads no, you’re free to disagree (becomes inaudible),” at which point his voice is drowned out by applause and cheering in the background. Like a robot, the school board president can be heard again, droning over the hostile crowd, “Our administration is committed to equity for every student.”
The exchange is astonishing to watch (begins around 7:43 mark): 
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The indignant reaction this woman elicited from the board president, evident in his tone of utter contempt, is familiar to many black conservatives, and anyone else who dares to focus the spotlight too brightly and effectively on the deeply disturbing elements of the white progressive agenda. As many successful, independent black Americans have experienced, there are people who are viscerally threatened by the bold assertion that black Americans can succeed on their own steam, and that they can integrate fully and joyfully into the fabric of American life. In the case of white progressives, that message threatens their sense of benevolent superiority, their feelings of righteous sanctification, and most importantly, it obstructs their avenue to societal control and the remaking of mankind in their own image. Self sufficient black Americans can’t be controlled, and thus they must be silenced. 
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