Boston has agreed to pay $2.1 million in legal fees and other expenses after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the city for refusing to allow a Christian flag to fly outside City Hall.
The <a href="https://lc.org/110822ShurtleffBostonFlagSettlement.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">settlement</a> included an agreement to pay Harold Shurtleff and his Camp Constitution non-profit for legal costs incurred during the dispute.
&#8220;We are pleased that after five years of litigation and a unanimous victory at the U.S. Supreme Court, we joined with Hal Shurtleff to finally let freedom fly in Boston, the Cradle of Liberty,&#8221; Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver, whose organization represented Shurtleff, said in a <a href="https://lc.org/newsroom/details/110822-christian-flag-case-in-boston-settles-for-dollar2125-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
&#8220;The Christian flag case has established significant precedent, including the overturning of the 1971 &#8216;Lemon Test,&#8217; which Justice [Antonin] Scalia once described as a &#8216;ghoul in a late night horror movie.&#8217; The case of Shurtleff v. City of Boston finally buried this ghoul that haunted the First Amendment for 51 years,&#8221; he added.
The city&#8217;s policy stated that the flagpole was open to all organizations. Between 2005-2017, the city approved 284 flag raisings with no denials. However, in 2017, Shurtleff&#8217;s group was denied its request to fly the flag on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day because it was a Christian flag.
The case was lost in four lower court cases before the Supreme Court accepted it. Justices ruled 9-0 in May that the denial was unconstitutional under the First Amendment Speech Clause.
The Christian flag was finally flown briefly on the Boston City Hall flagpole on August 3.
“I do want to give the glory to God because God’s hand was in this from the very beginning,” Shurtleff <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LibertyCounsel/videos/454046086612262/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWBtQG9T9ajOf6M59L8KEbbyjBzjjkrGysp2wABC9iKRb-aTp6IWFoQJByTKHLQX7ow8a1TuiwhhgOeKE5WbNOZ6dzmIN6VUv8k-yankgGTTXsyVrMa31TD4t1GAhVM-EC-DzvVXwj-nNIQVWHXed-nZs0AczbiKk1X49yguVZIEWNIGnJS4_IJkmxsXijlpgQ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the flag-raising ceremony.
“We have a great Constitution and a wonderful First Amendment, but just like when it comes to muscle, if you don’t use it, then you get weak. When I got the rejection email from the city and it said ‘separation of church and state,’ I knew we had a case,” he added.
As The Daily Wire previously reported, the city of Boston is reportedly working on a policy that could soon give the local government more power in deciding which flags are approved at City Hall. The Boston Herald <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/02/camp-constitution-christian-flag-to-fly-over-boston/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in August that the city expects to propose a change to its flag policies following the Supreme Court&#8217;s verdict.
CBS News Boston <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-city-hall-flag-christian-us-supreme-court-camp-constitution-harold-shurtleff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the proposal would push for any group that wants to fly a flag on City Hall Plaza will “now need either a proclamation from the mayor or a resolution from the council.”

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The director of the pediatric gender clinic at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston">Boston</a> Children’s Hospital admitted that puberty blockers cause infertility and are given out to children “like candy” to a &#8220;skyrocketing&#8221; number of new patients in a recently uncovered video conference.
Dr. Jeremi Carswell, pediatric endocrinologist and current <a href="https://www.lgbtqiahealtheducation.org/us/faculty-advisory-board/jeremi-carswell/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">director</a> of Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital GeMS (Gender Management Service), spoke of the permanent loss of fertility and unregulated frequency at which puberty-blocking drugs are administered to children at a 2020 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health (AETH) conference, according to a <a href="https://www.lgbtqiahealtheducation.org/courses/puberty-blockers-and-hormone-therapy-for-gender-diverse-youth-and-adolescents/lessons/recorded-webinar-puberty-blockers-and-hormone-therapy-for-gender-diverse-youth-and-adolescents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recorded webinar</a> called &#8220;Puberty Blockers and Hormone Therapy for Gender Diverse Youth and Adolescents&#8221; on the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center website.
&#8220;This is probably no surprise to everybody who is listening: the number of adolescents who have been coming into gender programs over the last several years has really kind of skyrocketed,&#8221; began Carswell. &#8220;This is a worldwide phenomenon and we&#8217;re not really quite sure what the story is behind that, but we do know that a lot of people have been presenting [with gender dysphoria], mostly assigned females.&#8221;
In the following slide, Carswell shows a graph displaying “new patient volume by year” at the GeMs clinic, showing a sharp increase in the number of patients it sees.
“I ended it at 2017 because we’ve pretty much maxed out on our capacity to see patients,” said Carswell. “It’s pretty much the same for 2018 and 2019 as far as I know. For 2020, we did a little bit of rearranging about how we did things, so I expect that number to go higher.”
“Our admin staff is telling me on an average week, we get anywhere from two to about eighteen calls for new patients per week,” Carswell added.
Carswell begins by referring to puberty blocking drugs as a &#8220;reversible therapy,” but then goes on to discuss the &#8220;risks/consequences&#8221; of prescribing them to children at the first signs of puberty to stop the development of secondary sex characteristics. Children who begin taking puberty blockers during the first signs of puberty and go on to take cross-sex hormones, which constitutes the vast majority, will become sterilized and may never be able to achieve orgasm, as Carswell explained:
<blockquote>If you are giving something that shuts down your estrogen or shuts down testosterone entirely, you’re going to stop either — if you had already been producing sperm or eggs, you’re going to stop doing that — and if you never started, you’re not going to be able to advance the gonads to be able to do that.</blockquote>
Additionally, puberty blockers stunt development of the male genitalia and have been shown to have serious side effects, which include a decline in bone density, neurological effects, and psychiatric problems. Doctors have prescribed puberty blockers off-label as a “treatment” for gender dysphoria on an experimental basis. There are no long-term studies to support its use in this context and they are not FDA approved for their off-label use.
The FDA recently issued a <a href="https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/20636/Risk-of-pseudotumor-cerebri-added-to-labeling-for?autologincheck=redirected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warning</a> for puberty-blocking drugs after identifying a serious potential side effect that may cause a dangerous surge of spinal fluid pressure in the brain for some children. This build-up can cause headaches, nausea, double vision, and even permanent vision loss.
During a question and answer segment during Carswell&#8217;s presentation, Carswell was asked if she believes if puberty blockers could safely be administered by primary care providers.
&#8220;I think, you know, like I said, there&#8217;s a lot of people using blockers, and that&#8217;s great because it can be really helpful, but I think, um, I worry that they’re being given out a lot like candy, which is great in some ways, but it&#8217;s also like ok well, you know, you need to have the conversation about fertility,” Carswell said. &#8220;And you need to understand that you don&#8217;t get to have this like Peter Pan life.”
In the same presentation, Carswell suggested that some doctors let their young patients dictate the terms of their sex change.
“I’ve never seen anywhere in medicine as much as I do in this field where I think we as providers get very, very, very swayed by our patients, and um, I think that’s dangerous,” said Carswell. &#8220;We don&#8217;t need a generation of people who are having all these health issues because we didn&#8217;t want to wait and be a little more cautious with our treatments.&#8221;
Reuters published <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/?scrolltoken=whs3RN_MoirIfvILiMHhJ7GbGiI55wzId7NgSE-9mKZWJzXo6aHu_SgreiLwiSP-Ta1397LOJpYmQ3CYNDe8PohA0ZWUc7sbpC3Ql-Yhnoxo3ZVvi1FxdWplE-LvO7sME8hKRUfRkOxkVwyFulf5EOI1nGZTtMrZUbkJh2jkIdoduUFCPeZTphGKMV07AcwLjB1hsKZQtXBOTjt6WG6OJ2q7DB1Q7H0rL1mecL9jIg.eyJraWQiOiIzIn0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> on the rising number of children and adolescents adopting a transgender identity and seeking medical interventions. Among the shocking revelations is that between 2017 to 2021, 17,683 of the 121,882 children ages 6 to 17 diagnosed with gender dysphoria received puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones. Reuters said these numbers were a “significant undercount” since they don’t include children whose records did not specify a gender dysphoria diagnosis or whose treatment wasn’t covered by insurance.
In a now <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1558669742126223361?s=20&amp;t=7tXyzCa8LNK9bBg9yL3uVA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deleted video</a> on the Boston Children’s YouTube channel, Carswell said that some children know that they are transgender from “the minute they were born.”
Breitbart News reported that Carswell has <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/health/2022/07/25/puberty-blocker-manufacturer-gave-money-director-boston-childrens-transgender-clinic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> financial compensation from Endo Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of a puberty-blocking drug.

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/housing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rental</a> costs are continuing to rise across the United States, with some large cities posting decreases in median one-bedroom rent.
According to a <a href="https://www.zumper.com/blog/rental-price-data/">report</a> released on Tuesday by rental platform Zumper, national one-bedroom rent reached $1,503 in September — a figure that reached its ninth high for the ninth consecutive month. Rent is now $1,845 for two-bedroom apartments, indicating another all-time high. However, some metropolitan areas — such as San Jose, California; Miami, Florida; and Nashville, Tennessee — saw moderate month-over-month decreases in average one-bedroom rent.
“The rental market has been very supply constrained for the past five quarters, but there has been a significant shift back towards equilibrium in the past quarter,” Zumper CEO Anthemos Georgiades explained in a press release provided to The Daily Wire. “Occupancy rates and the pace of rent increases are now falling in many major metros, as renter demand softens and fear of recession kicks in, with many renters deciding to stay put or trade down on the most expensive options.”
Meanwhile, cities such as San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; and Anaheim, California, continued to see rising month-over-month prices for one-bedroom apartments.
The most expensive city in the nation for renters is New York City, where residents pay an average of $3,950 for a one-bedroom unit — a rate that has increased nearly 34% over the past year. The Big Apple is followed by San Francisco and Boston, where rent is $3,100 and $2,890, respectively.
According to Zumper, many metropolitan areas are contending with low availability of housing units. In Seattle, Washington, a competitive housing market is driving would-be homebuyers to search for apartments, prompting the city council to unanimously greenlight a special election that will determine whether officials should create more affordable housing.
Last week, the Federal Reserve <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-the-federal-reserves-recent-rate-hike-means-for-the-economy">raised</a> the target federal funds <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/interest-rates">rate</a> 0.75% — a move which followed two identical hikes in June and July — in an attempt to relieve elevated inflationary pressures. The actions have contributed to mortgage rates surpassing 6%, according to <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US">data</a> from government-backed mortgage company Freddie Mac.
“Impacted by higher rates, house prices are softening, and home sales have decreased,” Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater said in a <a href="https://freddiemac.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/30-year-fixed-rate-mortgage-increased-quarter-percent-week?_ga=2.218209497.1115799685.1664299903-1989272781.1664299903">press release</a>. “However, the number of homes for sale remains well below normal levels.”
In the second quarter of 2022, the median sale price of a home in the United States was $440,300, according to <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS">data</a> from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, marking a 36% rise from $322,600 in the second quarter of 2020. Home prices are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/home-prices-mortgage-rates-expected-to-stay-elevated-through-next-year">expected to increase</a> another 4% in 2023 — a relative slowdown from 17.8% in 2021 and 12.8% in 2022.
The high prices have produced a slowdown in home purchases, with the National Association of Home Builders&#8217; Housing Market Index <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-enters-housing-recession">falling</a> last month to its lowest level in the past two years.
Younger American renters have been particularly impacted by the tight real estate market. An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/half-of-millennials-cant-afford-to-rent-a-one-bedroom-apartment-in-californias-biggest-cities">analysis</a> from Filterbuy showed that at least half of Millennials, defined by the company as those between 24 and 39 years old, cannot afford a one-bedroom apartment in many major American cities. For the area surrounding Los Angeles, California, median wages are $36,649, while the annual wage required to affordably rent a one-bedroom apartment is $72,560.

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Federal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/law-enforcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law enforcement</a> officials arrested a 37-year-old woman for allegedly making a bomb threat against Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital last month.
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said that Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts, called the hospital and told the operator: “There is a bomb on the way to the hospital. You better evacuate everybody. You sickos.”
Authorities obtained a warrant and tracked the call to a T-Mobile phone that led them to Leavy. They said that Leavy was arrested without incident at her home.
Leavy was charged with one count of making a false telephonic bomb threat and faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted.
Prosecutors issued a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/statement-us-attorney-rachael-s-rollins-regarding-alleged-threats-made-boston-childrens">statement</a> last month regarding the alleged “large volume” of violent threats made to clinicians and staff members at Boston Children’s Hospital, which has recently been accused of performing genital surgeries on patients under the age of 18 as part of so-called “gender-affirming care.”
The hospital, which touts itself as having the nation’s “first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program,” has denied such accusations, claiming in a statement that “age 18 is used to reflect the standard age of majority for medical decision making,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/boston-childrens-hospital-deletes-references-vaginoplasties-17-year-olds-online-furor">reports</a>.
After the hospital emailed media outlets regarding the threats targeting its personnel through hostile internet activity, phone calls, and harassing emails, the Justice Department has warned it will not “sit idly by and allow hate-based criminal activity to continue.”
Left-wing activists and news organizations tried to blame the popular Libs of TikTok Twitter account for the threats despite the fact that Libs of TikTok teamed up with Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon to track down the person who made the bomb threat.
“I condemn all acts/threats of violence in the strongest of terms,” Chaya Raichik, founder of the Libs of TikTok, told The Daily Wire. “I’m hoping the Boston PD saw Seth’s generous offer and will use their full force to catch the perp who made the bomb threat.”
Dillon responded to the fake bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital by offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever made the threat.
“Last night, police responded to a bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital,” Dillon wrote on Twitter. “Thankfully, the anonymous caller was bluffing — no bomb was found. This was good news to everyone except the lunatic Leftists who can’t wait for something violent to happen so they can blame us for it.”
“And I mean it when I say they can’t wait. I’m willing to bet this bomb threat was called in not by someone who opposes ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors, but by someone who hates Libs of TikTok and wants to see Chaya permanently banned for inciting violence,” Dillon continued. “I believe this for several reasons. To begin with, we’re the ones protecting children. Our opposition to these surgical and chemical procedures is rooted not in hatred for the trans community, but in genuine concern for the well-being of the kids irreversibly damaged by them.”
“Our followers share that concern. It’d make no sense whatsoever to threaten a children’s hospital in the name of protecting kids. I think the better explanation is that this bomb threat was a setup,” Dillon continued. “It conveniently supports the Left’s insane narrative that any critical coverage of ‘family-friendly’ drag shows or ‘gender-affirming care’ amounts to ‘stochastic terrorism’ (i.e., incitement). They also have a disgusting habit of using hoaxes to advance their narratives.”
Dillon instructed anyone with information on the person who committed the crime to send the information to the Libs of TikTok.
“One way or another, the anonymous coward who called in this threat needs to be exposed and face justice,” he concluded. “To that end, I’m putting up a $20,000 cash reward to anyone who comes forward with information leading to his or her arrest. Send your tips to: tips@libsoftiktok.com.”
This report has been updated to include additional information. 
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The Boston Marathon has added new guidelines for 2023 that will allow runners to register as &#8220;non-binary athletes.&#8221;
The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) shared the announcement on Monday as registration opened for next year&#8217;s race.
&#8220;The Boston Athletic Association is currently working on expanding opportunities for non-binary athletes at our events, including the upcoming 2023 Boston Marathon. While we do not currently have qualifying standards for nonbinary athletes, we are working on ways nonbinary participants are accepted into the event,&#8221; the BAA <a href="https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/qualify" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on its registration page.
&#8220;Non-binary athletes who have completed a marathon as a non-binary participant during the current qualifying window (September 1, 2021 through September 16, 2022) may submit an entry application into the 2023 Boston Marathon between September 12-16, 2022,&#8221; it added. &#8220;Entry into the event will be determined by an athlete’s submitted time and based on the Boston Marathon’s overall field size limit. The Boston Marathon registration application will feature the option to select non-binary in regards to gender.&#8221;
The youngest age group for the race, 18 to 34-year-olds, requires that non-binary runners must have achieved a <a href="https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/qualify" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">marathon time</a> of three hours and 30 minutes or faster from September 2021 until now. The time increases slightly for each age group, in each case matching the qualifying times for women in the marathon.
The option could give biological males who identify as non-binary an advantage in qualifying for the event. Men&#8217;s qualifying times are lower for the Boston Marathon, with 18- to 34-year-old men requiring a qualifying mark of three hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds, a full half-hour faster than the non-binary qualifying mark.
The change adds to the already growing controversy over gender identity in sports. Several states have passed laws in the past year to ban biological males from competing in girls and women&#8217;s sports.
However, the category of non-binary for a marathon competition marks another attempt to redefine gender in sports. While there is no advantage in the Boston Marathon for biological females who identify as male or non-binary, biological males could greatly benefit in qualifying for the race under the new category.
The Philadelphia Distance Run was reportedly the first large American race to offer a non-binary division, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/boston-marathon-include-nonbinary-athletes-2023-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> a report by Fox News.
Jake Fedorowski, a board member for the LGBTQ+ running group the Seattle Frontrunners, reportedly pushed the Boston Marathon to create qualifying times for non-binary runners.
“I’m constantly advocating for races to treat the nonbinary division as no more and no less than the other divisions,” Fedorowksi <a href="https://19thnews.org/2022/09/nonbinary-boston-marathon-runners-rules/?utm_campaign=19th-social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Nikki Hiltz, who identifies as a non-binary runner, praised the move by the BAA to add the non-binary option.
&#8220;There’s still so much work to be done but I’m thrilled that nonbinary runners are being acknowledged by the Boston Marathon and @BAA,&#8221; Hiltz tweeted.
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There’s still so much work to be done but I’m thrilled that nonbinary runners are being acknowledged by the Boston Marathon and <a href="https://twitter.com/BAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BAA</a> 👏 <a href="https://t.co/1fIvaAP2L6">https://t.co/1fIvaAP2L6</a>
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Three men accused of beating to death <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston</a> crime boss and longtime <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> informant James “Whitey” Bulger were indicted Wednesday in Clarksburg, West Virginia, authorities <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/three-indicted-prison-homicide">said</a>.
Fotios Geas, also known as “Freddy,” 55, Paul J. DeCologero, also known as “Pauly,” 48, and Sean McKinnon, 36, were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Authorities accused Geas and DeCologero of allegedly striking Bulger in the head multiple times, which led to his death at the U.S. Penitentiary Hazleton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, in October of 2018.
Geas and DeCologero received charges of allegedly aiding and abetting first-degree murder and assault, resulting in serious bodily injury.
Authorities filed a separate charge against Geas for an alleged murder by a federal inmate serving a life sentence.
Geas, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, was already locked away for life after killing the leader of the Genovese crime family in 2003.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/wv-state-wire-north-america-us-news-ap-top-news-whitey-bulger-7d205d9539e640b592783cda00854ac2">reports</a> that Ted McDonough, a private investigator who knew Geas and called him by his nickname, said &#8220;Freddy hated rats.”
“Freddy hated guys who abused women,&#8221; McDonough said. &#8220;Whitey was a rat who killed women — it’s probably that simple.”
The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/who-killed-whitey-bulger.html">reported</a> in 2018 that Geas’ representative, Daniel D. Kelly, said in an interview he was not aware of his client killing Bulger.
However, his client had a “particular distaste for cooperators,” referring to Bulger’s long history of leaking information to federal agents leading to the betrayal and murder of rival gang members.
Geas’ “distaste” for informants was so strong that it barred him from accepting a shorter sentence if federal authorities offered for him to become one himself.
Geas remains incarcerated at the Hazleton penitentiary, while authorities have housed DeCologero within the federal prison system.
McKinnon was on federal supervised release at the time of the indictment, but was arrested Thursday in Florida and received a separate charge for allegedly making false statements to a federal agent.
Bulger, who had already been serving two life terms in person for his role in 11 murders spanning several decades, died at 89.
Officials reported his death within 12 hours after transferring him from another facility.
At the time of his death, at least two men allegedly moved the notorious crime boss out of the view of surveillance cameras before brutally pounding his head with a padlock stuffed inside a sock, law enforcement said at the time of his death, according to The New York Times.
A senior law enforcement official said Bulger’s eyes appeared to have been removed from his head when correctional officers discovered his body.
“They apparently tuned him up to the point where he was unrecognizable,” the anonymous source said, according to The New York Times.
Former Boston police commissioner Ed Davis told The New York Times that Bulger’s murder did not surprise him.
“I’m surprised that they let him get hit,” Davis said, adding that it baffled him that the prison had not kept Bulger “away from a convicted organized crime hit man from Massachusetts.”

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U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Justice</a> officials issued a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/statement-us-attorney-rachael-s-rollins-regarding-alleged-threats-made-boston-childrens">statement</a> Wednesday regarding the alleged &#8220;large volume&#8221; of violent threats made to clinicians and staff members at Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital, which has recently been accused of performing genital surgeries on patients under the age of 18 as part of so-called &#8220;gender-affirming care.&#8221;
The hospital, which touts itself as having the nation&#8217;s &#8220;first pediatric and adolescent transgender health program,&#8221; has denied such accusations, claiming in a statement that &#8220;age 18 is used to reflect the standard age of majority for medical decision making,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/boston-childrens-hospital-deletes-references-vaginoplasties-17-year-olds-online-furor">reports</a>.
After the hospital emailed media outlets regarding the threats targeting its personnel through hostile internet activity, phone calls, and harassing emails, the Justice Department has warned it will not &#8220;sit idly by and allow hate-based criminal activity to continue.&#8221;
&#8220;Today&#8217;s news about the alleged threats directed at Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital transgender health program is disturbing to say the least,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins said in a statement.
&#8220;Children deserve an opportunity to thrive and grow as their own authentic selves,” Rollins continued. &#8220;Parents/guardians and health care providers who support them in that journey should be allowed to do so free of threats and harassment.&#8221;
Rollins said the Justice Department would ensure equal protection of transgender people under the law.
&#8220;While free speech is indeed the cornerstone of our great nation, fear, intimidation and threats are not,&#8221; Rollins said.
Attorney General Merrick Garland recently said the agency views &#8220;confronting hate crimes as both our legal and our moral obligation.&#8221;
The children&#8217;s medical center posted a video promoting hysterectomies for girls who want to transition out of a female body.
In the video, pediatric gynecologist Frances Grimstad, MD, MS — who specializes in transgender reproductive health at Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital — explained what a &#8220;gender-affirming hysterectomy&#8221; entailed. The video quickly spread on Twitter as many people were outraged that a children&#8217;s hospital would promote irreversible procedures that render the patient unable to bear children.
The outrage sparked across social media prompted hospital officials to work with law enforcement to ensure the protection of its staff and patients.
&#8220;We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms, and we reject the false narrative upon which they are based,&#8221; the hospital said.
A <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9000168/pdf/jcm-11-01943.pdf">study</a> published in March and approved by the institutional review board of Boston Children’s Hospital between January 2017 to August 2020 claims the hospital’s Center for Gender Surgery performed 177 chest surgeries, of which 36.7% were on patients younger than 18 — with the youngest being 15.
It also performed 27 genital surgeries, including 5 vaginoplasties during that time period.
&#8220;The Center for Gender Surgery (CfGS) at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) was the first pediatric center in the United States to offer gender-affirming chest surgeries for individuals over 15 years old and genital surgeries for those over 17 years of age,&#8221; the report reads.
Fox News Digital reported that the hospital did not respond when asked if such surgeries were performed on children younger than 18 and where the gender surgery center gets its funding.

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Threats Allegedly Made To Boston Children’s Hospital Surrounding Youth Trans Treatment Sparks Department Of Justice Warning

Threats Allegedly Made To Boston Children's Hospital Surrounding Youth Trans Treatment Sparks Department Of Justice Warning

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Merrick Garland

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston">Boston</a> Children’s Hospital has been trending on social media lately due to a video series promoting transgender services for adolescent patients, including those under the age of 18. One of the newest <a href="https://twitter.com/BillboardChris/status/1558823459651817477">videos</a> making the rounds features a psychologist, Dr. Kerry McGregor, claiming very young <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/children">children</a> have a grasp on their gender identity “seemingly from the womb.”
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“A good portion of children do know as early as from the womb” that they are transgender.
At Boston Children’s Hospital “we see a variety of young children all the way down to ages 2 and 3.” <a href="https://t.co/BIatsHFdkS">pic.twitter.com/BIatsHFdkS</a>
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“So most of the patients we have in the GeMS [The Gender Multispecialty Service] clinic actually know their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-identity">gender</a>, usually around the age of puberty,” McGregor begins. “But a good portion of children do know as early as seemingly from the womb,” she says with a smile.
“They will usually express their gender identity as very young children, some as soon as they can talk, they might say phrases such as ‘I’m a girl’ or ‘I’m a boy’ or ‘I’m going to be a woman’ or ‘I’m going to be a mom,’” she continues. “Kids know very, very early.”
McGregor confirms that the GeMS clinic sees young children “all the way down to ages 2 and 3.” She goes on to describe how specialists meet with the kids and their families to discuss strategies for their development.
“The biggest piece of advice I give to parents who are coming through the gender clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital is to just be supportive,” the psychologist says in the video. 
“Sometimes you might not understand, sometimes you feel like you don’t know the terms, or you don’t get exactly what the child means when they say that they might be this gender, but the biggest thing you can do is just love your child and support them and just allow them to express themselves.”
“That’s the biggest protector as well against negative mental health effects such as depression, suicidality, anxiety, that we worry about for our gender diverse kids,” she says.
The video was not well-received online. “Wait, if a fetus is aware enough to make a decision on gender, then they should also have the decision to live or not……,” someone <a href="https://twitter.com/D_Rob__/status/1558836931953393665">replied</a>.
“My 3 year old told me she is a racoon [sic] today,” someone else <a href="https://twitter.com/_A_Badaise/status/1558836806937989125">quipped</a>.
The video was posted by a Twitter account called Billboard Chris, which is run by a Canadian man intent on exposing the insanity of transgender ideology for children. Besides that clip, Chris shared other videos from Boston Children’s Hospital, including their promotion of “gender reassignment surgeries.&#8221;
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boston-childrens-hospital-offering-gender-affirming-hysterectomies-to-kids-who-cant-even-drink-legally">reported</a>, the top-rated BCH touted “gender-affirming hysterectomies” in a video circulated online last week. Following an outpouring of backlash when the videos were shared, the institution changed the verbiage on their <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/center-gender-surgery-program">website</a> to say that genital procedures are only available for patients 18 and older.

Boston Children’s Hospital Under Fire Again For Video Claiming Young Kids Know Their Gender ‘Seemingly From The Womb’

Boston Children's Hospital Under Fire Again For Video Claiming Young Kids Know Their Gender 'Seemingly From The Womb'

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Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital (BCH), ranked the number one children&#8217;s hospital in the United States, touted “gender-affirming hysterectomies” in a video even though the patients it sees are children and young adults up to the age of 21.
According to the hospital&#8217;s website, BCH offers comprehensive medical care for children from birth through age 21 — and that includes certain &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/desantis-administration-fighting-against-transgender-surgery-for-minors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender affirming</a>&#8221; care for transgender youths as well.
&#8220;The Center for Gender Surgery at Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital offers gender affirmation surgery services to eligible adolescents and young adults who are ready to take this step in their journey,&#8221; the hospital&#8217;s <a href="https://www.childrenshospital.org/programs/center-gender-surgery-program">website</a> reads. &#8220;It is the first center of its kind in the U.S. in a major pediatric hospital setting.&#8221;
Pediatric gynecologist Frances Grimstad, MD, MS — who specializes in transgender reproductive health at Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital — explained in a video what a &#8220;gender-affirming hysterectomy&#8221; entailed.
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Boston Children’s Hospital (<a href="https://twitter.com/BostonChildrens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BostonChildrens</a>) is now offering “gender affirming hysterectomies” for young girls <a href="https://t.co/JOH5fFtGJ0">pic.twitter.com/JOH5fFtGJ0</a>
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&#8220;A gender-affirming hysterectomy is very similar to most hysterectomies that occur,&#8221; she began. &#8220;A hysterectomy itself is the removal of the uterus, the cervix (which is the opening of the uterus) and the fallopian tubes which are attached to the sides of the uterus.&#8221;
&#8220;Some gender-affirming hysterectomies will also include the removal of the ovaries but that&#8217;s technically a separate procedure called a bilateral oophorectomy. And not every gender-affirming hysterectomy includes that, and people who are having gender-affirming hysterectomies do not have to have their ovaries removed,&#8221; she added.
Hysterectomies — whether for gender-affirming reasons or not — are not reversible and will render the patient permanently unable to bear children.
&#8220;A world renown pediatric facility proudly talking about removing the uteruses of healthy young girls in the name of gender affirming care is terrifying,&#8221; <a href="https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/childrens-hospital-offers-gender-affirming-hysterectomies-to-gender-confused-youth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Erika Sanzi</a>, director of outreach at nonprofit Parents Defending Education, told The National Desk.
According to the BCH website, children as young as 15 can go under the knife for breast augmentations or double mastectomies in the name of gender affirmation — with parental consent. At 17, a trans woman can receive a vaginoplasty — and at 18, a trans man can receive metoidioplasty or phalloplasty.
It’s unclear if the hospital offers the “gender-affirming” hysterectomies its doctor described, but the website describes offering “other” gender-affirming surgeries beyond those listed to eligible patients. 
&#8220;&#8216;Gender-affirming care&#8217; is newspeak for permanently altering the bodies of kids &amp; adults through drugs and surgery,&#8221; Delano Squires <a href="https://twitter.com/DelanoSquires/status/1557837691412176897">responded</a> to the BCH video. &#8220;If you watch the vid with no sound, you’d assume this lady was talking about her love of classic literature. I’ll take a bulldog over a &#8216;winsome&#8217; butcher any day.&#8221;
Another Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/Transgendertrd/status/1557829342662725632">added</a>, &#8220;You can be upbeat, enthusiastic and smiley when it&#8217;s a &#8216;gender affirming&#8217; hysterectomy you&#8217;re describing. A major operation that will leave you infertile is promoted as if it&#8217;s a fun makeover.&#8221;
A previous version of this article stated BCH was offering “gendering-affirming” hysterectomies to kids who couldn’t legally drink. It has been revised to say BCH was promoting these procedures.

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Boston Children’s Hospital Touts Gender-Affirming Hysterectomies

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The Christian flag flew above Boston&#8217;s City Hall briefly on Wednesday, with supporters joining in celebration and songs of praise.
The flag-raising comes after a Supreme Court ruled in favor of the move earlier this year.
&#8220;I do want to give the glory to God because God&#8217;s hand was in this from the very beginning,&#8221; conservative activist Harold Shurtleff, whose organization Camp Constitution was involved in the case, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LibertyCounsel/videos/454046086612262/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZWBtQG9T9ajOf6M59L8KEbbyjBzjjkrGysp2wABC9iKRb-aTp6IWFoQJByTKHLQX7ow8a1TuiwhhgOeKE5WbNOZ6dzmIN6VUv8k-yankgGTTXsyVrMa31TD4t1GAhVM-EC-DzvVXwj-nNIQVWHXed-nZs0AczbiKk1X49yguVZIEWNIGnJS4_IJkmxsXijlpgQ&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the flag-raising ceremony.
&#8220;We have a great Constitution and a wonderful First Amendment, but just like when it comes to muscle, if you don&#8217;t use it, then you get weak. When I got the rejection email from the city and it said &#8216;separation of church and state,&#8217; I knew we had a case,&#8221; he added.
Shurtleff and other supporters celebrated the moment, but the city of Boston is working on a new policy that could soon give the local government more power in deciding which flags are approved at City Hall. The Boston Herald <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/08/02/camp-constitution-christian-flag-to-fly-over-boston/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Tuesday that the city expects to propose a change to its flag policies following the Supreme Court case.
CBS News Boston <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-city-hall-flag-christian-us-supreme-court-camp-constitution-harold-shurtleff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the proposal would push for any group that wants to fly a flag on City Hall Plaza will &#8220;now need either a proclamation from the mayor or a resolution from the council.&#8221;
The developments continue despite the Supreme Court&#8217;s 9-0 decision in May that ruled in favor of the Christian flag flying over Boston&#8217;s City Hall.
“We conclude that, on balance, Boston did not make the raising and flying of private groups’ flags a form of government speech. That means, in turn, that Boston’s refusal to let Shurtleff and Camp Constitution raise their flag based on its religious viewpoint ‘abridg[ed]’ their ‘freedom of speech,’” Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the court’s <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20-1800.pdf">opinion</a>.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boston-illegally-rejected-request-to-fly-christian-flag-supreme-court-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, the case emerged from a 2017 incident when the city denied the Camp Constitution&#8217;s request to raise the Christian flag outside Boston City Hall. The application followed the city&#8217;s custom of allowing groups to use one of the city&#8217;s three flag poles to fly an event, organization, or movement-specific flag for special occasions.
Between 2005 to 2017, the city flew about 50 different flags for nearly 300 activities and celebrations. Previously approved flags included those from communist governments such as China and Cuba and an LGBT-related pride flag.
After the court&#8217;s ruling, the Satanic Temple also made public its official request in a post on Twitter as part of “Satanic Appreciation Week” in May.
&#8220;Religious Liberty is a bedrock principle in a democracy, and Religious Liberty is dependent upon government viewpoint neutrality,” Lucien Greaves, co-founder of The Satanic Temple, said in a <a href="https://www.masslive.com/boston/2022/05/satanic-temple-requests-flag-raising-at-boston-city-hall-after-supreme-court-rules-city-violated-free-speech-rights-in-refusing-to-fly-christian-flag.html">statement</a> in May.
“When public officials are allowed to preference certain religious viewpoints over others, we do not have Religious Liberty, we have theocracy,” he added.

Christian Flag Flies Over Boston City Hall After Supreme Court Ruling

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration">illegal alien</a> suspected of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">murder</a> and unrelated stabbings in the northeast was arraigned Friday in West Roxbury, Massachusetts following his arrest on Thursday.
Wagner Tejeda-Pena, 24, appeared in municipal court Friday afternoon on two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection to two stabbings in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boston">Boston</a> neighborhood in February, <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/15/philadelphia-murder-and-boston-stabbing-suspect-an-illegal-immigrant/">reported</a> the Boston Herald. He is also facing charges of being a fugitive out of Philadelphia, and a murder charge from June. After he fled Philadelphia, multiple warrants were placed for his arrest, and a multi-state search led the to arrest in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
&#8220;We got some information from a resident, a confidential tip that they may have possibly seen this individual,&#8221; Lawrence Police Chief Roy Vasque told an NBC affiliate after Tejeda-Pena was taken into custody.
According to the Herald, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a detainer on the man. He was arrested during a routine traffic stop by Lawrence authorities.
In February, Tejeda-Pena <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/suspect-in-murder-stabbings-could-be-in-mass-or-ri-police-warn/2773207/">allegedly</a> attacked his barber shop co-worker in Boston after the illegal alien approached his colleague and accused him of being his biological father. The two men got into an argument outside of a Domino&#8217;s pizza franchise and Tejeda-Pena reportedly stabbed his co-worker at 10:20 am ET. Tejeda-Pena then allegedly stabbed another person that same day hours later at his aunt&#8217;s house.
Tejada-Pena is the primary suspect in the Philadelphia murder of a 76-year-old man, Loi Nguyen, on the morning of June 21. Nguyen died at approximately 5:44 a.m. ET from a gunshot wound that day.
Democratic Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney expressed his exasperation as to why somebody like him would commit such an atrocity or have access to a gun in the first place.
&#8220;Someone as inhumane as that should not have access to a gun ever, I mean what type of person would do that to another human being?&#8221; Kenney <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/suspect-in-murder-stabbings-could-be-in-mass-or-ri-police-warn/2773207/">told the press</a> regarding the murder of Nguyen. &#8220;I can’t explain to you what is in a person’s brain or doesn’t have a heart that would do that and then give them access to a gun and we have what we have.&#8221;
Critics have <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/05/hey-philly-mayor-jim-kenney-the-feelings-mutual-the-city-wants-you-out/">argued</a> that Kenney&#8217;s own policies as well as Philadelphia&#8217;s District Attorney Larry Krasner&#8217;s soft-on-crime approach have caused the uptick in Philadelphia violence in recent years. In 2021, there <a href="https://broadandliberty.com/2022/07/08/arrests-fall-57-in-philadelphia/">was</a> a record 562 homicides in the city. There <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/homicide-philadelphia-gun-violence-random-shootings-west-oak-lane-20220715.html">have been 292 murders</a> so far in 2022 in Philadelphia.
Kenney has also welcomed illegal aliens flouting federal law to find safe harbor in Philadelphia.
In 2018, Kenney celebrated that The City of Brotherly Love was a sanctuary city after a federal judge ruled that the city could not be prevented from certain federal funding because it declined to cooperate with ICE on certain matters relating to illegal aliens and suspected criminals.
&#8220;We are a sanctuary city!&#8221; an excited Kenney said while dancing around his office.
A staffer for the Mayor posted the video to social media, saying, &#8220;Needless to say, I think @janeslusser and @PhillyMayor are pretty excited about today’s ruling affirming Philadelphia as a Sanctuary City.&#8221; Jane Slusser was Kenney&#8217;s chief of staff at the time.
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Needless to say, I think <a href="https://twitter.com/janeslusser?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@janeslusser</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PhillyMayor</a> are pretty excited about today’s ruling affirming Philadelphia as a Sanctuary City. <a href="https://t.co/gdnnjZT9ps">pic.twitter.com/gdnnjZT9ps</a>
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Tejeda-Pena is being held without bail. It is unknown when he will be extradited to Philadelphia.

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Illegal Alien Wanted For Philadelphia Murder, Two Boston Stabbings Found After Multi-State Search

Illegal Alien Charged In Philadelphia Murder, Two Boston Stabbings Arrested After Multi-State Search

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LeBron James, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nba">NBA</a> star and part owner of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/baseball">Boston Red Sox</a>, had some harsh words for Boston Celtics fans on a recent podcast as the Los Angeles Laker criticized them for allegedly being &#8220;racist as f***&#8221; — despite previously saying that he had never experienced racism in the Massachusetts city.
James made the comments on the most recent episode of his talk show &#8220;The Shop.&#8221; When asked where he hated playing, James did not hesitate to name Boston as the toughest place to play.
Maverick Carter — a guest on the show and fellow Red Sox co-owner — <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/le-bron-james-red-sox-co-owner-says-he-hates-celtics-fans-because-they-racist-as-f-005513844.html">asked</a> James, &#8220;In basketball, there are fans that can literally take the game from you? You can feel like, &#8216;The fans is not going to let us win this one tonight?&#8217; What place?&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, Boston,&#8221; James responded.
Co-creator of the show Paul Rivera asked, &#8220;Why do you hate Boston?&#8221; The sure-fire NBA Hall of Famer shot back, &#8220;Because they racist as f***.&#8221;
&#8220;They will say anything and it&#8217;s fine. It&#8217;s my life,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been dealing with it my whole life. I don&#8217;t mind it. I hear it. If I hear somebody like close by, I&#8217;ll check them real quick. I move on to the game. &#8230; They might throw something on you. I got a beer thrown on me leaving the game.&#8221;
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In 2021, both Carter and James <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2021/04/30/lebron-james-now-owns-part-of-the-red-sox-what-does-that-mean-for-sports">invested</a> in the Fenway Sports Group which owns the Red Sox, Fenway Park, Liverpool Football Club, and the New England Sports Network (NESN).
“Well first of all, it’s great to be with such a great group with FSG,&#8221; James told the press after the deal was announced. &#8220;They’ve done so many great things over the years, and just that collective group of people — they’re just amazing to be partners with.”
“I think for me and for my partner Maverick, to be the first two Black men to be a part of that ownership group in the history of that franchise, I think it’s pretty damn cool,&#8221; James added.
The three-time NBA Finals champion was blasted on Twitter for his remarks.
Gerry Callahan, Boston radio legend and host of &#8220;The Gerry Callahan Show&#8221; podcast, tweeted, &#8220;Of course, he gives no examples, not even made up ones. Question is, have the Red Sox owners apologized to this a**hole yet?&#8221;
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Of course, he gives no examples, not even made up ones. Question is, have the Red Sox owners apologized to this asshole yet? <a href="https://t.co/jvbYMwMVL9">https://t.co/jvbYMwMVL9</a>
&mdash; Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) <a href="https://twitter.com/GerryCallahan/status/1548094120136044546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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OutKick writer Bobby Burack tweeted, &#8220;LeBron James is the biggest fraud on the internet,&#8221; while making note of his stake in the BoSox.
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LeBron James is the biggest fraud on the internet. <a href="https://t.co/OE2DmxkilD">pic.twitter.com/OE2DmxkilD</a>
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In May of 2017, James also <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2017/05/04/lebron-boston-racism-adam-jones/">told</a> the media that he had never personally been affected by racism in Boston.
His comments came in support of Baltimore Orioles centerfielder Adam Jones, who claimed that somebody called him the n-word from the stands of Fenway Park and threw peanuts at him during a game in Boston. Jones received a standing ovation from the Fenway crowd during his first at-bat the next day after the reported incident.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been to Boston. I&#8217;ve played in Boston a lot I just try to have tunnel vision when I play I don&#8217;t &#8230; I can&#8217;t recall me ever hearing something that was racism towards me,&#8221; James <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkhGSjPy0R8&amp;t=10s">told</a> the media. &#8220;But I think it was great that the other guys spoke up for him not even on his own team. I think the guys from the Red Sox spoke up for Adam Jones saying like, &#8216;Hey fans, we need you guys to, you know, this is a situation where you guys need to have a standing ovation. Please do that because it&#8217;s not it&#8217;s not great for sport &#8230; it&#8217;s not great for society.&#8221;
A video of the standing ovation for Jones can be seen here:
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James has <a href="https://www.celticsblog.com/2020/7/7/21307828/lebron-james-career-as-told-through-the-eyes-of-the-boston-celtics">an all-time series record</a> of 5 &#8211; 2 against the Celtics in the playoffs for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat — both teams in the Eastern Conference. Now as a Laker, the only time he will face the Celtics again in the postseason will be if both teams make it to the NBA Finals.

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‘Racist As F***’: LeBron James, Part Owner Of Red Sox, Blasts Boston Fans During Talk Show

NBA Star LeBron James, Part Owner Of Red Sox, Blasts Boston Celtic Fans During Talk Show "The Talk"

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