An Indiana doctor who performed an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> on a 10-year-old girl and then shared details about the procedure with the media has been reprimanded by the state medical board.
The Indiana State Medical Licensing Board <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-doctor-reprimanded-performing-10-year-olds-abortion-telling-reporter-egregious-violation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> Thursday to reprimand Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis doctor, and fine her $3,000, saying she violated privacy laws and medical ethics standards, Fox News reported.
Bernard was also accused by Indiana&#8217;s Republican attorney general, Todd Rokita, of violating state law by not reporting the 10-year-old&#8217;s pregnancy as evidence of child sexual abuse, but the medical licensing board rejected that accusation.
The attorney general called Bernard an &#8220;abortion activist acting as a doctor&#8221; and also wanted the board to suspend Bernard&#8217;s license, but they refused to do so, according to Fox News.
Deputy Attorney General Cory Voight spoke to the board and argued Bernard committed an &#8220;egregious violation&#8221; of patient privacy by <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2022/07/01/indiana-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-overturned-travel/7779936001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sharing</a> details about the child&#8217;s situation with the media. Also, Bernard&#8217;s failure to report the child abuse immediately to police or Indiana&#8217;s child protective agency resulted in &#8220;a child returning to live with her rapist for five days in Ohio,&#8221; Voight said.
&#8220;Everyone – the country – learned about her patient. Learned a 10-year-old little girl was raped and had an abortion,” Voight <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2023/05/26/indiana-abortion-doctor-violated-privacy-law-medical-board-rules/70259794007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, adding that &#8220;no physician has been as brazen in pursuit of their own agenda.&#8221;
Bernard accused the deputy attorney general of pulling a &#8220;political stunt&#8221; with the situation.
Bernard insisted she had followed Indiana&#8217;s reporting requirements, notifying an Indiana University Health social worker and confirming the child abuse was already being investigated in Ohio, where the girl lived.
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The 10-year-old traveled to Indiana from Ohio for the abortion <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/25/caitlin-bernard-indiana-abortion-rape-victim/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">less than a week</a> after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in June last year. The court&#8217;s decision triggered a six-week abortion ban to take effect in Ohio, and the girl was reportedly six weeks and three days pregnant.
The girl&#8217;s family initially <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2022/07/01/indiana-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-overturned-travel/7779936001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took her</a> to an Ohio doctor, who called Bernard and asked if Bernard could help by performing the girl&#8217;s abortion in Indiana instead.
Bernard&#8217;s legal team argued that she did not give identifying information about the girl to the Indianapolis Star reporter who wrote the initial story about the 10-year-old&#8217;s abortion. She and her legal team emphasized that Bernard did not expect the story to go viral in the way it did.
Asked why she had shared details of the girl&#8217;s situation with the reporter, Bernard said, &#8220;I think that it’s incredibly important for people to understand the real-world impacts of the laws of this country about abortion.&#8221;
&#8220;I think it’s important for people to know what patients will have to go through because of legislation that is being passed, and a hypothetical does not make that impact,&#8221; Bernard said.
The president of the medical licensing board, Dr. John Strobel, called Bernard “a good doctor” during the 14-hour board hearing. He said he is &#8220;certain that Dr. Bernard has learned a lot about privacy.&#8221;
Besides being an OB/GYN, Bernard is an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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An Indiana high school counselor fired for speaking out about the school district&#8217;s transgender student policy is now suing the district.
Kathy McCord <a href="https://adflegal.org/press-release/indiana-school-counselor-fired-speaking-about-gender-identity-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a <a href="https://adflegal.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/McCord-v-South-Madison-2023-05-18-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> in federal court last week against the South Madison Community Schools Corporation near Indianapolis.
The lawsuit alleges that the school district violated her First Amendment rights by retaliating against her for voicing her disagreement with the district&#8217;s &#8220;Gender Support Plan.&#8221;
McCord, who has spent 37 years in education, was fired from Pendleton Heights High School in March after <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/24/breaking-indiana-school-places-counselor-who-leaked-secret-transgender-policy-on-leave/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealing</a> details about the strategy, which involved concealing a student&#8217;s new gender identity from their parents.
Initially, McCord went along with the policy despite her qualms.
“I prayed about it a lot … and I went along with it at that time,” McCord later said.
On August 16, McCord sent an email to teachers who had a student in their classes who was adopting a new gender identity.
Her email informed the teachers that the student would like to go by &#8220;he/him&#8221; pronouns and a new name, but the student&#8217;s family was not supportive of the gender transition, so &#8220;any correspondence home or in reference to the student&#8221; should use the student&#8217;s old name.
&#8220;Please make sure to make a note of this in your sub folder,&#8221; McCord wrote to the teachers.
Later though, McCord began to feel differently.
“But when it started back up in the fall of ’22, I just felt like when that email came out, that God really reached out and said, this happened, now you’ve got to deal with it. I just didn’t feel like it was something I could let go and not simply answer the questions,&#8221; the former counselor said.
“I just felt like I had to do more for this situation as it’s unfolding across the country,” McCord said.
Days after McCord&#8217;s email came to light, dozens of concerned parents and other community members showed up at the December 8 school board meeting.
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Tonight at 7pm, parents will be showing up to the SMCSC Admin building in Pendleton, IN, to protest the firing of Kathy McCord—a counselor who revealed and denounced a hidden transgender policy at the school. <a href="https://t.co/AqwFeclWsx">pic.twitter.com/AqwFeclWsx</a>
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At that meeting, the school board <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7S2-UKSwAQ&amp;t=3317s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struggled</a> to answer questions from the public about where the policy came from and who in the district was responsible for overseeing it.
&#8220;So my kid needs permission to ingest a cough drop, but they can change their gender at school without my consent, notifying me?&#8221; one man asked. &#8220;That is crazy. Do you see the absurdity in that?&#8221;
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Another employee at Pendleton Heights High School, teacher Amanda Keegan, ended up resigning in part to protest the gender policy.
“When I had to look at that parent, and feel like I was lying to that parent … I was sick to my stomach. I can’t lie to parents. I can’t do that again,” Keegan <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/12/05/indiana-school-compels-counselors-teachers-to-hide-gender-support-plans-from-parents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Signal in December.
McCord is being represented by the conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
&#8220;Kathy knows that kids do best when schools and parents work together. But South Madison’s harmful policy leaves parents in the dark,&#8221; <a href="https://adflegal.org/press-release/indiana-school-counselor-fired-speaking-about-gender-identity-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> ADF Senior Counsel Vincent Wagner.
&#8220;South Madison violated Kathy’s rights by forcing her to contradict her religious beliefs and participate in this policy. Schools can’t keep secrets from parents about their children’s mental health and wellbeing,&#8221; Wagner said.

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Ryan Webb, a local Indiana GOP councilman isn&#8217;t the hero America deserves, but he just might be the one we need to expose the utter lunacy of the Left. Recently, Webb announced to his constituents in Delaware County, Indiana, that he now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-identity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identifies</a> as a &#8220;woman of color&#8221; — making him the first lesbian councilwoman ever elected to the council.
It appears to all be a gigantic gag — much to the chagrin of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=progressivism+dailywire&amp;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS998US998&amp;oq=progressivism+dailywire&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.3441j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">progressives</a> everywhere.
&#8220;After much consideration I have decided to come out and finally feel comfortable announcing my true authentic self,&#8221; Webb <a href="https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/04/20/ryan-webb-muncie-county-council-member-now-identifies-as-woman-of-color/70134376007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> to his Facebook page. &#8220;It is with great relief that I announce to everyone that I identify as a woman and not just any woman but as a woman of color as well. I guess this would make me gay/lesbian as well, since I am attracted to women.&#8221;
Webb, the Muncie, Indiana native, noted that he would retain using he/him pronouns, and might wind up changing his mind someday.
&#8220;To avoid confusion, everyone can continue to address me as Ryan or as Councilman Webb,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I will also retain my preferred pronouns of He/Him, however, this will in no way diminish my true identity as a woman of color. I’m excited to be a vocal partner of the LGBTQIAPC+++ movement. Who knows just how far we can take things, but I’m just glad that this is now possible so ANYONE can be ANYTHING or ANYONE they want. God bless America!&#8221;
Here&#8217;s a local news report, which is hilarious in and of itself.
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Ryan Webb, a white councilman in Indiana, now identifies as a woman of color
The best part? The media being forced to take him seriously: <a href="https://t.co/pM5PZsy2OH">pic.twitter.com/pM5PZsy2OH</a>
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Progressives say that Webb is making a mockery of them and are demanding that he resign.
&#8220;If he were serious, I&#8217;d sing his praises,&#8221; said Charlize Jamieson, a transgender female <a href="https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2023/04/25/ryan-webb-gender-claim-creates-outcry-at-muncie-county-council-meeting/70150253007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the council recently. &#8220;But instead, I know better. We all do. I know better because of his history of making hateful anti-trans statements on social media and disrespecting one&#8217;s pronouns. He has, purposely, and intentionally, misgendered me, ridiculing my own gender identity. That is not something transgender people do to one another.&#8221;
The thing is, under Leftist rules, you are not allowed to question the sincerity — or sanity — of somebody who claims that they are a member of the opposite sex. Now, best-selling LGBTQ children&#8217;s author Matt Walsh is on the case to make sure that Webb is respected.
&#8220;Apparently Ms. Webb&#8217;s self-identity is not being respected in Delaware County,&#8221; Walsh tweeted. &#8220;A number of people at the last council meeting even called for her to resign. I&#8217;m wondering if I might need to show up to the next meeting to show my support. Can&#8217;t tolerate this bigotry in the year 2023.&#8221;
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Apparently Ms. Webb&#39;s self-identity is not being respected in Delaware County. A number of people at the last council meeting even called for her to resign. I&#39;m wondering if I might need to show up to the next meeting to show my support. Can&#39;t tolerate this bigotry in the year…
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At a recent council meeting, Webb continued to put the radical gender ideology on blast, in a deadpan fashion.
&#8220;To clarify, I never claimed to be trans anything,&#8221; he said at the meeting. &#8220;I simply expressed my own gender identity &#8230; I&#8217;m being dead serious. This isn&#8217;t a joke. I said what I said. I don&#8217;t know what to tell you. You don&#8217;t get to question me. You do not get to require proof from me. You were part of the movement that helped establish these rules and set the bar, OK? You don&#8217;t get to come later when someone else joins the club that you don&#8217;t want in &#8230; You don&#8217;t get to question how I identify.&#8221;
If you can wake up one day and change your gender, as Dylan Mulvaney did, then you can change your race, too.  All Webb is doing is holding the Left to the standards that they set. Rules are rules, after all.
Godspeed, Mr. (or is it Mrs.?)Webb. Congratulations on making history as the first woman of color and lesbian on the Delaware County Council.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A massive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fire</a> at a plastic recycling plant in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana</a> led to the evacuation of around 2,000 people from the surrounding area while clouds of toxic smoke billowed into the sky on Tuesday. 
Authorities ordered the evacuation of a portion of Richmond, Indiana, a city of about 35,000 located on the eastern edge of the state, after an industrial fire at a storage facility the mayor said was a known “fire hazard.”
“They were under a city order to clean up and remediate that site,” Mayor Dave Snow <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fire-richmond-indiana-evacuation-b1de35fc763da8fbf7c774f2957fd01c?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_07">told</a> the Associated Press. “We knew that was a fire hazard the way they were storing materials.”
Snow added in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dave.snow.549?hc_ref=ARTrDqk4aUqmFbRS9tyfGgdQ0oRlFkAVy76juxbbux62qadOFvjS7YP3bUH-yccU6zk&amp;fref=nf&amp;__xts__[0]=68.ARAJzpMKyLe5gA_xzZNszNeIXjHMDrh_4hg2Br5kcDmtPK6gbRWy59-Htr7Cf_LkTZ1gAVQMAa6uB9NKkbThndl5LDUyaD4--qD_S48zXU8eLpKyan6q8fNvYC90UT5UzDm81xyoO3MAw7GLAJJWhyHR1msP1gkKC6_NI7B_E_qhMWROFdFFDUwLUwxhazKcYrYkJKzTEOumvl5PLBGe4v3yKg5GI4MIBzyU4gifEtJeo9UAWkLBhOb2ywm_Ag5q-1_AiEZDb_oFkaLG_OrejWp2rUiQyPpZBBRaHGoCA0moSso">statement</a> on Facebook that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management were “on site and evaluating any potential hazards resulting from the fire. It may take them a while to complete their work. Once we have a report to share, we will convey the information.”
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Footage of a massive industrial fire in the city of Richmond, Indiana, located west of Dayton. Winds reportedly began carrying the smoke into Ohio around 4 p.m. Tuesday <a href="https://t.co/jJsqyzA9BG">https://t.co/jJsqyzA9BG</a> <a href="https://t.co/2SSWyQLe1C">pic.twitter.com/2SSWyQLe1C</a>
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Those who live within a half-mile radius of the factory were ordered to evacuate, with some finding refuge at a local church called Bethesda Worship Center or nearby hotels. 
“The smoke is definitely toxic,” <a href="https://fox59.com/indiana-news/evacuation-order-issued-as-large-fire-breaks-out-in-richmond/">said</a> Steve Jones, an Indiana State Fire Marshal. “This fire is going to burn for a few days.”
Richmond Fire Chief Tim Brown agreed with the mayor, saying that the location had received an “unsafe citation” in the past. “He has been warned several times,” he said. “I don’t know when exactly that was, but we were aware of the situation we were dealing with.”
Brown explained that the facility was filled “wall to wall” with plastics and that the fire was avoidable. “It is very frustrating for all of us,” he said, according to Fox 59. “The battalion chief on today was very frustrated when he pulled up because we knew it wasn’t a matter of if, it was a matter of when this was going to happen.”
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The smoke from the fire was blown into Ohio and could be seen from miles away.
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SMOKE from Richmond fire detected by area Doppler radar. Winds carry plume east along I-70 into Ohio just after 4pm Tuesday <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/INwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#INwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OHwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OHwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/qu65m5kUMj">pic.twitter.com/qu65m5kUMj</a>
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There were no injuries associated with the blaze initially reported. It is unclear how many days the fire might go on for.

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Pence To Comply With J6 Subpoena
Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pence-says-he-wont-appeal-ruling-requiring-him-to-testify-to-jan-6-grand-jury" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vice President</a> Mike Pence will comply with a subpoena to testify about the events of January 6th. Daily Wire reporter Brandon Drey joined Afternoon Update with more:
<blockquote>DREY: A spokesman for Pence told Politico that he “will not appeal the Judge’s ruling and will comply with the subpoena as required by law.” Last month, a U.S. District Court ruled that Pence must comply with a grand jury subpoena issued by the investigation’s special counsel. Pence initially challenged the subpoena, citing constitutional protections relating to his role as president of the Senate. However, the judge’s ruling still requires Pence to answer questions about any illegal acts by Trump.</blockquote>
Indiana, Idaho Ban Sex-Change Surgeries And Puberty Blockers For Minors
This week, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/indiana-and-idaho-ban-trans-treatments-for-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican governors</a> in Indiana and Idaho signed bans on sex-change surgeries and puberty blockers for minors. Meanwhile, New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive action that makes the Garden State a “<a href="https://twitter.com/TimMeadsUSA/status/1643704758102896642?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">safe-haven</a>” for such procedures.
Idaho Bans Minors Traveling For Abortion Without Parental Consent
Also in Idaho, Republican Governor Brad Little <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/idaho-governor-signs-ban-on-abortion-trafficking#:~:text=BOISE%2C%20Idaho%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94,an%20abortion%20without%20parental%20consent." target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed a law banning individuals</a> from traveling with a minor to another state for an abortion, or helping a minor obtain an abortion-inducing drug, without permission from parents. Violating this law is punishable by up to five years in prison.
RFK, Jr. Runs For President
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-f-kennedy-jr-files-to-run-for-president-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed to run for the presidency in 2024 on Wednesday</a> as a Democrat. Kennedy is the son of Robert F. Kennedy, the former U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator assassinated in 1968 while running for president. RFK, Jr. has earned a reputation as an environmental lawyer and a best-selling author, but in recent years has garnered attention for his stance against vaccines. He is up against best-selling author Marianne Williamson, who declared her candidacy last month, and, presumably, President Joe Biden. 

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French Protestors Storm BlackRock Over Retirement Age
French activists <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/activists-storm-blackrock-headquarters-in-paris-amid-pension-reform-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stormed</a> the Paris offices of financial giant BlackRock on Thursday amid ongoing protests against the nation’s recent pension reforms.
Citizens have been protesting for nearly two weeks after French President Emmanuel Macron overrode a provision in the nation’s constitution to advance a bill through Parliament that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. Labor unions and other entities have organized nationwide strikes and protests in response to the move — which came amid concerns about the state retirement fund’s looming insolvency. Demonstrators briefly entered the historic Le Centorial building in central Paris and lit firecrackers as they chanted anti-government slogans. The aggressive protests over have led to police using tear gas in their attempts to mitigate more violent demonstrations. The town hall of Bordeaux was set ablaze at the outset of the protests last month.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/idaho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Idaho</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana</a> became the latest Republican-led states to implement bans on sex-change-related treatment for minors.
On Tuesday night, Idaho Republican Governor Brad Little signed a bill that outlaws puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and transition-related surgeries for minors, <a href="https://www.kivitv.com/news/gov-little-signs-house-bill-71-banning-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-in-idaho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Idaho News 6</a>. Medical practitioners who knowingly violate the ban face the prospect of a felony, and if convicted, they could land in <a href="https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2023/legislation/H0071.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prison for up to 10 years</a>.
In Indiana, Republican Governor Eric Holcomb signed similar legislation that goes into effect <a href="https://www.wndu.com/2023/04/05/gov-holcomb-signs-bill-banning-gender-affirming-care-into-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on July 1</a> and requires youths taking medication to transition to stop by the end of the year.
&#8220;Permanent gender-changing surgeries with lifelong impacts and medically prescribed preparation for such a transition should occur as an adult, not as a minor,&#8221; Holcomb said in a statement reported by <a href="https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/indiana-governor-signs-ban-on-gender-affirming-care/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Associated Press</a>.
Roughly a dozen states have now implemented laws or policies that crack down on sex-change-related treatment for minors with more on the way. For instance, Florida&#8217;s state Senate approved on Tuesday a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/04/florida-senate-ban-transgender-treatments-kids-00090481" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ban on transgender surgeries for children</a>.
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gov-signs-bills-protecting-children-from-sex-change-procedures-drag-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed legislation</a> last month that bans sex-change procedures on minors in his state. &#8220;We should not allow permanent, life altering decisions that hurt children,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/GovBillLee/status/1578544807055872000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he tweeted in October</a>.
Such bans have prompted legal challenges and intense criticism. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Indiana <a href="https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/aclu-sues-indiana-senate-bill-480-gender-affirming-care-gov-eric-holcomb/531-3c14964b-29de-48ad-b848-99c771e360fc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced a lawsuit</a> soon after Holcomb signed the legislation in his state. A <a href="https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/capitol-watch/aclu-of-idaho-to-sue-over-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth/277-73950bb7-7c34-49c5-b9ce-008d0e967c17" target="_blank" rel="noopener">similar suit</a> is expected in Idaho.
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean, a Democrat, took aim at the bill just signed by Little.
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&#8220;My heart breaks today for every loving parent of a trans child, every doctor who strives to offer life-saving affirming care, and every child in our community targeted by H71,&#8221; McLean <a href="https://twitter.com/boisemayor/status/1643631823627464710" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on Twitter</a>. &#8220;H71 is the heavy hand of the government coming between parents who deeply care and doctors trained to help, and it puts our most vulnerable kids at even greater risk.&#8221;
The Human Rights Campaign <a href="https://www.hrc.org/resources/attacks-on-gender-affirming-care-by-state-map" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has a map</a> on its website tracking the &#8220;Attacks on Gender Affirming Care by State.&#8221; The map shows court injunctions in Texas, Alabama, and Arkansas are temporarily blocking enforcement.
&#8220;In a coordinated push led by national anti-LGBTQ+ groups, legislators across the country have overridden the recommendations of the American medical establishment and introduced hundreds of bills that target transgender and non-binary youth’s access to age-appropriate, medically-necessary care,&#8221; the group says.
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/03/30/a-proclamation-on-transgender-day-of-visibility/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In a proclamation</a> to recognize the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-proclamation-condemns-states-with-laws-targeting-transgender-youth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Transgender Day of Visibility&#8221;</a> last week, President Joe Biden decried how a &#8220;wave of discriminatory State laws is targeting transgender youth, terrifying families and hurting kids who are not hurting anyone.&#8221;

Eric Holcomb, governor of Indiana, speaks

Indiana And Idaho Ban Trans Treatments For Minors

Indiana Republican Governor Eric Holcomb denounced a plan from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/environmental-protection-agency-epa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Protection Agency</a> to move chemical waste from the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/ohio-train-disaster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">train derailment</a> in East Palestine, Ohio, to a landfill in the western portion of the Hoosier State.
Local and state authorities previously evacuated all residents within one mile of the February 3 derailment and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/evacuation-ordered-ohio-governor-warns-major-explosion-could-send-shrapnel-a-mile-from-derailed-train" target="_blank" rel="noopener">started</a> a controlled burn of industrial chemicals on the vehicle to decrease the risk of an explosion, which could have sent shrapnel throughout the small Ohio town. Vinyl chloride, a carcinogen used to manufacture PVC, was emitted from five train cars in the form of massive plumes of black smoke visible throughout eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Officials from the EPA revealed on Monday that contaminated waste from the disaster would be transported to an incinerator in Grafton, Ohio, and a landfill in Roachdale, Indiana, according to a <a href="https://fox59.com/indiana-news/indiana-landfill-to-house-waste-shipments-from-toxic-ohio-train-derailment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Fox 59. The former city is 103 miles from East Palestine, while the latter is 402 miles from the small rust belt community.
Holcomb revealed in a Tuesday <a href="https://events.in.gov/event/gov_holcomb_issues_statement_regarding_the_us_environmental_protection_agencys_announcement?utm_campaign=widget&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_source=State+of+Indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> that he disagrees with the decision to transport chemical waste from the disaster site on the eastern border of Ohio to the far western portion of Indiana, effectively crossing the breadth of both midwestern states.
“There has been a lack of communication with me and other Indiana officials about this decision,” Holcomb said. “After learning third-hand that materials may be transported to our state yesterday, I directed my environmental director to reach out to the agency. The materials should go to the nearest facilities, not moved from the far eastern side of Ohio to the far western side of Indiana.”
Holcomb added that he requested to speak with EPA Administrator Michael Regan about the decision and “what precautions will be taken in the transport and disposition of the materials.”
Norfolk Southern, the company at the center of the derailment, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/company-responsible-for-ohio-train-derailment-issues-list-of-cancer-causing-substances-released" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> the EPA that a number of other volatile chemicals beyond vinyl chloride, including ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and ethylhexyl acrylate, were present at the site. The EPA released the full list of substances only after residents were told they could safely return to their homes.
Several state and federal agencies, including the EPA, have <a href="https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=15933" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assured</a> residents that “test results from the village’s municipal well sampling showed no water quality concerns.” A team of journalists and producers from The Daily Wire who visited East Palestine earlier this month nevertheless <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/my-eyes-sting-and-my-head-is-throbbing-daily-wire-team-details-experiences-at-ground-zero-of-ohio-train-crash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> a lingering smell in the air, an oily chemical sheen in local creeks and rivers, and symptoms such as sore throats and headaches garnered merely by spending an extended period of time in the community.
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Researchers from Texas A&amp;M University and Carnegie Mellon University <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/east-palestine-residents-could-see-long-term-health-risks-from-highly-toxic-chemicals-analysis-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> on Friday that nine of the approximately 50 chemicals that the EPA said were present on the derailed train currently have higher concentrations than normal in East Palestine. They were especially concerned with above-normal levels of acrolein, a substance with a pungent odor that is “highly toxic” when inhaled, according to a <a href="https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/MMG/MMGDetails.aspx?mmgid=552&amp;toxid=102" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the CDC.
Other chemicals charted at abnormally high levels included benzene, naphthalene, and vinyl chloride. “If these levels continue, they may be of health concern,” the analysis said.

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Indiana Governor Balks As EPA Plans To Move Waste From Ohio Train Crash To Landfill In His State

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Federal law enforcement officials found more classified material at the Indiana home of former Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a> on Friday while they were conducting a search of the property that they had coordinated with Pence&#8217;s team.
An adviser to Pence said that the FBI found one classified document and six additional non-classified documents.
&#8220;Following the discovery and disclosure of a small number of potentially classified documents that had inadvertently been transported to his home in Indiana, Vice President Pence and his legal team have fully cooperated with the appropriate authorities and agreed to a consensual search of his residence that took place today,&#8221; Pence adviser Devin O&#8217;Malley said. &#8220;The Department of Justice completed a thorough and unrestricted search of five hours and removed one document with classified markings and six additional pages without such markings that were not discovered in the initial review by the vice president&#8217;s counsel.&#8221;
O&#8217;Malley added that Pence has instructed his legal team to continue cooperating with investigators and to be &#8220;fully transparent through the conclusion of this matter.&#8221;
Pence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-classified-documents-found-at-former-vp-mike-pences-home-in-indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="3">directed</a> his team last month to search his home in Indiana and his office at his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), following revelations that classified documents had been discovered in Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. No classified papers turned up in the search of Pence’s offices at AAF.
The former vice president informed the National Archives of the discovery of classified government documents at his home in January, and the National Archives then informed the FBI about the discovery. The FBI later collected the material found at Pence’s home.
Pence was recently subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith in his criminal investigations into the classified documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and the investigation related to alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/mike-pence-subpoenaed-special-counsel-overseeing-trump-probes/story?id=97018886" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="14">reported</a> on Thursday that the subpoena comes after “months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and Pence’s legal team.” The New York Times subsequently <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/us/politics/pence-subpoena-trump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-reader-unique-id="15">reported</a> that the subpoena is related to Trump’s effort to stay in office after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
The Justice Department also has an active criminal investigation into President Joe Biden over his handling of classified material.

FBI Finds More Classified Material At Mike Pence’s Home

FBI Finds More Classified Material At Mike Pence's Home

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Congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-IN), the sole member of Congress born in the former Soviet Union, announced Friday that she will not seek political office in 2024, ending any speculation that she might have her eyes set on higher office.
The congresswoman, who is of Ukrainian descent, cited the desire to spend more time with her growing daughters.
&#8220;I won a lot of tough battles for the people and will work hard to win a few more in the next two years. However, being a working mom is tough and I need to spend more time with my two high school girls back home, so I will not run for any office in 2024.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s been my honor representing Hoosiers in the Indiana State Senate and U.S. Congress, and I appreciate the strong support on the ground. 2024 will mark seven years of holding elected office and over a decade in Republican politics,&#8221; she said.
Spartz, who moved to the U.S. in 2000, worked in local politics and as a businesswoman prior to her 2020 congressional bid. But her most significant national attention came after the election when she delivered a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/must-watch-new-gop-congresswoman-elect-who-grew-up-in-ukraine-blisters-socialism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blistering critique of socialism</a> and how ugly it can get when the government &#8220;runs out of money.&#8221;
“I’m kind of going full circle,” she said. “I can tell you what is going to be next.  It’s very sad for me to see that.  And that made as the mother of two daughters, it made me get involved and do something about it because that’s not very good for our country.”
Spartz has shown strong support for funding Ukraine in its war against Russia, condemning Vladimir Putin as a genocidal &#8220;crazy man.&#8221; Spartz also said at the time that Putin&#8217;s forces had attacked the village of her 95-year-old grandmother with &#8220;heavy machine guns,&#8221; The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/596383-ukrainian-born-rep-denounces-genocide-by-crazy-man/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
During the speakership battle, Spartz wavered in her support of Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), changing her vote to &#8220;present&#8221; for multiple ballots before finally rejoining the McCarthy faction when the anti-McCarthy faction started shrinking in size. At the time, Spartz said she was voting present to encourage Republicans to deliberate, and she refused to back any of McCarthy&#8217;s challengers.
This week, she voted to strip Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) of a seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. The move came as somewhat of a surprise, as she had initially cited concerns about due process.

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Indiana taxpayers shelled out more than $100,000 to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/1619-project-creator-raked-in-1m-last-year-for-college-speeches-on-inequality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1619 Project</a> author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/1619-project-writer-demanded-40k-for-45-minute-speech-busting-librarys-budget/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikole Hannah-Jones</a> for just over 24 hours of work, according to a contract obtained by The Daily Wire under public records laws.
The deal between the Trustees of Indiana University and Hannah-Jones&#8217; speakers bureau said the university would pay $101,700 for a &#8220;2022 Themester Lecture on Identity and Identification.&#8221; The &#8220;Themester&#8221; reference meant that for an entire semester, Indiana students were told to focus on the &#8220;theme&#8221; of identity.
&#8220;During the fall of 2022, we invite members of the College and campus community to reflect on identity and all that it entails,&#8221; the university&#8217;s <a href="https://themester.indiana.edu/policies-and-planning/themester-2022/index.html">website</a> says. &#8220;Race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, native language, socio-economic status, and myriad other identities shape our worldview: how we see, how we portray ourselves, and how we are perceived (and received).&#8221;
The &#8220;themester&#8221; is run by an advisory committee that includes a gender studies professor and undergraduates &#8220;majoring in Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance&#8221; and &#8220;Anthropology and Folklore and Ethnomusicology.&#8221;
Indiana is a deep-red state. Its governor, Eric Holcomb, is a Republican, and its state legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. The university did not return a Daily Wire request for comment on whether the six-figure sum was a wise expenditure of taxpayer money or whether it reflects the desires of Indiana&#8217;s electorate.
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The lavish paycheck was in return for Hannah-Jones arriving on the afternoon on October 19 and participating in two classroom discussions followed by a &#8220;dinner-party with invited students and Union Board directors involving some discussion, but no prepared remarks from Speaker.&#8221; The next day, she was to participate in two more classroom sessions, followed by a &#8220;30-min public lecture, and 30 minutes of moderated discussion/q&amp;a with the audience. A meet/greet and booksigning will conclude the program.&#8221;
The $101,700 is the largest known sum of taxpayer money paid for a single engagement to the woman who has parlayed her assertions that America is &#8220;one of the most unequal societies in the history of the world&#8221; into a lucrative enterprise. Hannah-Jones was raised in Iowa, the daughter of a mixed-race couple.
The Daily Wire previously obtained records for 11 speeches she made in 2022, averaging $40,000 even though some were made online. She made at least 33 speeches last year, which at that average figure would work out to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/1619-project-creator-raked-in-1m-last-year-for-college-speeches-on-inequality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$1.2 million</a> in 2022 speaking fees.
Most of the speeches were at universities, despite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/historians-shred-nyt-1619-project-claiming-slavery-defines-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">historians</a> from across the political spectrum pointing to significant errors in her writing, down to the foundational assertion that America&#8217;s colonists fought for independence from Britain in order to preserve slavery.
The speeches also serve to promote her book, which earned an estimated $2 million in royalties.
Among her other income sources, Hannah-Jones received nearly $75,000 not to work at the University of North Carolina last year as part of a legal settlement. In 2020, Hannah-Jones inked a deal with Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate to develop 1619 “into an expansive portfolio of feature films, television series and other content,” including a Hulu series that will premier this month.
Despite her heavy speech schedule, the New York Times Magazine writer is employed by Howard University following the Knight Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and other philanthropists earmarking $25 million.
The list of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/1619-project-creator-raked-in-1m-last-year-for-college-speeches-on-inequality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speeches</a> is:
<ul>
<li>1/19/2022: Union League Club of Chicago</li>
<li>1/21/2022: Metro State University-Denver (via Zoom) $25,000</li>
<li>1/25/2022: University of Wisconsin $55,000</li>
<li>1/16/2022: University of Buffalo</li>
<li>1/31/2022: Grand Rapids Community College $25,000</li>
<li>2/1/2022: Fordham University</li>
<li>2/9/2022: University of Houston (via Zoom)</li>
<li>3/15/2022: Notre Dame</li>
<li>3/22/2022: Southern Methodist University</li>
<li>3/23/2022: Macalester College (via Zoom)</li>
<li>3/25/2022: University of Lynchburg</li>
<li>3/30/2022: U-Conn $36,500</li>
<li>4/1/2022: SUNY-Brockport $50,000</li>
<li>4/15/2022: Dartmouth</li>
<li>4/26/2022: Colby College</li>
<li>5/3/2022: University of Maryland $40,500</li>
<li>5/5/2022: St Johns University</li>
<li>5/17/2022: Rutgers</li>
<li>5/21/2022: NC A&amp;T State U</li>
<li>9/20/2022: Arlington, VA library $40,000</li>
<li>9/24/2022: The Links Inc (via Zoom)</li>
<li>9/27/2022: Sarah Lawrence University</li>
<li>10/11/2022: Lehigh University</li>
<li>10/13/2022: Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis</li>
<li>10/20/2022: Indiana University $101,700</li>
<li>10/27/2022: Northern Illinois University (via Zoom) $30,000</li>
<li>10/28/2022: Syracuse University</li>
<li>11/2/2022: Iowa State University $38,000</li>
<li>11/7/2022: French Embassy</li>
<li>11/18/2022: Newark Public Library</li>
<li>11/19/2022: Cleveland Library (via Zoom) $20,000</li>
<li>11/20/2022: Howard University School of Law / Pulitzer Center</li>
<li>12/6/2022: University of Minnesota $50,000</li>
</ul>

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Indiana Taxpayers Shelled Out $101,700 To 1619 Project Author For Two Days’ Work

Indiana Taxpayers Shelled Out $101,700 To 1619 Project Author For Two Days' Work

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> defended his former vice president on Tuesday after news broke that classified documents had been found at <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a>’s home in Indiana.
“Mike Pence is an innocent man. He never did anything knowingly dishonest in his life. Leave him alone!!!” Trump posted on his social media site, Truth Social.
An attorney for former Vice President Pence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-classified-documents-found-at-former-vp-mike-pences-home-in-indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> about a dozen documents marked classified at his residence last week. The documents have since been handed over to the FBI.
Pence directed his team to search his home in Indiana and office at his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), following revelations that classified documents had been discovered in President Joe Biden’s former personal office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, and at his Delaware home. No classified papers turned up in the search of Pence’s offices at AAF, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vice-president-mike-pence-discovered-classified-documents-indiana-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
It’s unclear what sensitivity level the documents found at Pence’s home were marked as, or what information was contained within them.
Trump is under investigation by Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith for boxes of documents marked classified and recovered by the FBI in an August 2022 raid on Trump’s Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago. Biden is also under special counsel investigation for his own handling of classified documents.
Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped attorney Robert Hur to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-robert-hur-special-counsel-investigating-bidens-handling-of-classified-docs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serve</a> as special counsel and take over the DOJ’s investigation into Biden earlier this month.
Biden’s personal attorneys first found classified documents at the Penn Biden Center in early November, days before the 2022 midterm elections. Biden&#8217;s team found more documents stored in the garage of the president’s home in Wilmington in December. Subsequent searches of the home revealed more classified documents at the home on at least three occasions.
The latest discovery of sensitive materials at Biden’s home came on Friday after the FBI conducted an official search of the residence. Biden’s personal attorney, Bob Bauer, announced the findings of the search.
“DOJ took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President. DOJ also took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years,” Bauer said in a statement.

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Trump Says Pence ‘Innocent’ After Classified Docs Discovery: ‘Never Did Anything Knowingly Dishonest In His Life’

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An attorney for former Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-pence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Pence</a> reportedly found about a dozen documents marked classified at Pence&#8217;s home in Indiana last week.
Pence has since turned the documents over to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a>, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/politics/pence-classified-documents-fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. The reported discovery comes as the Justice Department has already tapped two special counsels to investigate classified document handling by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
Pence directed his team to search his home in Indiana and office at his political advocacy group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), following revelations that classified documents had been discovered in Biden&#8217;s office at the Penn Biden Center, a Washington think tank affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. No classified papers turned up in the search of Pence&#8217;s offices at AAF, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vice-president-mike-pence-discovered-classified-documents-indiana-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
The former vice president informed the National Archives of the discovery of classified government documents at his home on January 18, Pence&#8217;s team told Fox News. The National Archives then informed the FBI about the discovery.
Pence&#8217;s team found classified documents in two small boxes. Two other boxes contained copies of papers from Pence&#8217;s time as vice president. The FBI collected the documents from Pence&#8217;s home on the evening of January 19. The documents were held in a safe until the FBI&#8217;s arrival, the Pence team told Fox News.
The discovery of classified documents at Pence&#8217;s house comes on the heels of another classified document scandal that has embroiled the White House. Attorneys for Biden found classified documents in Biden&#8217;s office at the Penn Biden Center last year days before the 2022 midterm elections.
Attorneys for Biden found more sensitive papers at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, on three separate occasions. Attorneys found a cache of documents in Biden&#8217;s garage, a group of five documents in his study, and then a lone document in his study again.
The FBI <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/politics/white-house-documents/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> more classified documents in a subsequent sweep of Biden&#8217;s home on Friday. Biden&#8217;s personal attorney, Bob Bauer, announced the findings of search.
“DOJ took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President. DOJ also took for further review personally handwritten notes from the vice-presidential years,” Bauer said in a statement.

Report: Classified Documents Found At Former VP Mike Pence’s Home In Indiana

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